At 12pm, the Court was informed that the parties were yet to reach a consensus and that the body was kept inside a local school campus.
The Court urged the parties to complete the burial today, pointing out that the school would reopen tomorrow and that the body could not be kept there. It also underlined that Armstrong’s wife had a child to take care of.
When counsel for Armstrong’s wife insisted on burial at the party office, the Court said,
“All you can do in that case is go to the government. If you are that powerful, go to the government. All I can do is give you some more time,”
Stressing that it did not possess powers to grant what the petitioner sought, the Court suggested burying the body now and choosing a different place for the memorial. It cited the example of the Rajiv Gandhi memorial in Sriperumbudur and urged the partied to think one last time and appear at 2:15 pm.
Source: Barandbench
