New Delhi, Jan. 27 -- The Supreme Court on Monday issued a split verdict on a case involving the burial rights of a Christian man seeking to bury his father in their native village in Chhattisgarh's Bastar.

Although the two-judge bench of Justices BV Nagarathana and Satish Chandra Sharma, could not reach a consensus, it issued directions for the immediate burial of the deceased in an alternative village located 20-25 kilometres away from the family's resident village.

The Court permitted the deceased's family (the appellants) to be allowed to conduct the funeral in Karkapal village, where a designated burial ground for the Christian community is located.

Additionally, the top court directed the State authorities and the police to provi...