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Religion—Hindu ceremony—Cremation

18 February 2010
Issue: 7405 / Categories: Case law , Law reports
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R (on the application of Ghai) v Newcastle City Council (Ramgharia Gurdwara, Hitchin and another intervening) [2010] EWCA Civ 59, [2010] All ER (D) 106 (Feb)

Court of Appeal, Civil Division, Lord Neuberger MR, Moore-Bick and Etherton LJJ, 10 February 2010

It may be possible for a cremation according to Hindu beliefs to be permitted under the Cremation Act 1902 (CA 1902) and the Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008, SI 2008/2841 (CR 2008); a traditional structure may qualify as a building under the relevant provisions.

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