THE STORY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF DEAD PEOPLE

Law

This paper aims to make an honest effort to make a case review of the one of the most discussed cases in the State of Uttar Pradesh in the 1990s “Association of Dead People vs State of Uttar Pradesh’’. The paper also tries to highlight the plight of number of people who have been victim of a system which blindly follows the proof of documentation. The study mainly focuses on the cases in Eastern part of the State of Uttar Pradesh. It also tells the struggle of Lal Bihari, a 22-year-old young boy from the district of Azamgarh, who was left stunned when he came to know at the government office, that he was declared dead on the government papers. It led to a start of lengthy battle for Mr. Bihari to fight for his rights and subsequently to prove that he was alive. During the years of his struggle, Lal Bihari established “Mritak Sangh or Association of Dead People”. The battle was long and arduous; it contained many dark passages, whenever it seemed he won’t be able to get justice, Lal Bihari came up with something new. In 1980 he added word Mritak with his name to attract officials and politicians attention. He later formed Association of Dead People so as to help people who had suffered similar fate. To his surprise that there were hundreds of them who had similar story. The matter however came in limelight only after the famous magazine THE TIME, exposed the whole story. The correspondent one Michael Fathers along with Meenakshi Ganguly, apparently made an on the spot enquiry and published an Article entitled "Plight of the Living Dead: Indian Farmers declared deceased by unscrupulous relatives must prove they're alive to regain their land. This paper aims to cover the struggle of Lal Bihari and many others like him who had been the victim of the blatant corruption of the Government Machinery.

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