Image source- Google Image by- Shweta sengar Our culture is driven by our rituals and customs, from our birth to death. We have the autonomy to make decisions while living, so after it regarding our bodily integrity through a will. Growing up in a democratic country, perhaps the reason fundamental rights are imperative for us. Our constitution has expanded its horizons by granting rights to the posthumous bodily integrity of every life. Since 1989 Parmanand Katara v. Union of India & Ors, Right of decent burial is included to live with dignity u/art.21 and till today apex court has pronounced the same in many. The states are under obligation to have a proper burial as per the religious beliefs of deceased Ashray Adhikar Abhiyan v. Union of India 2002. The rights of the deceased are being protected under criminal law as well. Even after such measures taken by our apex court, the fundamental rights of citizens seem to get violated often. Recently at Hathras- Background of C