The Kerala Assembly has unanimously passed the Kerala Christian Cemeteries (Right to Burial of bodies) bill which seeks to settle the dispute between the Orthodox and Jacobite factions of the Malankara church on the burial of the dead in cemeteries in possession of the rival groups.
According to the bill, the faithful from the two factions will have the right to perform the last rites in cemeteries where their ancestors were buried.
The changes recommended by the opposition members and church heads in the bill has been incorporated to avoid misinterpretation of its provisions.