However, the ATC asked the applicant to approach the judicial magistrate concerned for such purpose as a magistrate is empowered to pass an order about exhumation and other related issues.

Alappuzha: Authorities on Wednesday exhumed the body of a 48-year-old woman in Kerala, four days after her death, following a complaint by her daughter accusing the woman’s husband of murder.

The judge further clarified that the declaratory relief granted did not, in and of itself, authorise immediate exhumation but instead required adherence to the procedural dictates outlined in the ...