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Article Note - It further mandates that the family members of the deceased respect the right to prompt and dignified final rites of their loved ones, unless there are exceptional reasons such as waiting for the next of kin to arrive.
Arguably, the increasing incidents of protests with dead bodies show that these acts are seen by the people as being effective against an unresponsive administration. It is also question-worthy as to why such protests tend to happen in India and not in, say, more advanced countries of the world.
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