By Our Legal Correspondent
Kochi: The High Court directed on Oct 03 Lawrence’s two children and Government to file counter affidavits in connection with donating his body for medical research.
CPI(M) leader and noted trade union leader M M Lawrence passed away on Sept 21 at the age of 95.
Following the dispute between his children over whether it would be donated to medical college or buried according to Christian’s rites, the High Court directed to preserve the body under the custody of the Principal ,Government Medical College, Ernakulam. Of his three children, two wanted to donate the body for medical research and one daughter insisted on burying it in the church. Thus body went to the custody of the Principal of the Government Medical College here.
The court was considering the petition filed his daughter Asha Lawrence, challenging the decision of the hospital committee to hand over the body for medical research an pleading for release of the body for burying it according to Christian rites in the church.
Justice V G Arun also gave one more week’s time to keep the body under the custody of the Principal of the Government Medical college here.
