The Supreme Court has asked Anita Bose Pfaff, the daughter of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, to file a petition in her own name to bring her father's ashes from Japan's Renkoji temple to India.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi declined to entertain a petition filed by Netaji's grandnephew, citing differences within the Bose family over the circumstances of the leader's death and the authenticity of the ashes.
Pfaff has been urging the Indian government to bring her father's remains back to India for a proper and dignified funeral, saying it is time to end what she has described as Netaji's long 'exile'.
However, the question of Netaji's death and the authenticity of the ashes has long remained controversial, including within his own family.
