Table 1.

Varying aspects of discrepancy among the acts of certain states with regards to body procurement/donation

No	State anatomy acts of concerned state	Maximum degree of tolerable collateral consanguinity of a near relative for claiming the dead body [10, 15]	Maximum time period within which a body has to be procured [10, 15]	Accountabilty of the type of person who can claim a deceased body [15, 17]	Accountabilty for voluntary donation of cadavers [15, 17]	Accountability for therapeutic use of cadavers apart from anatomical research [14, 17]	Funeral embalming provisions [14, 17]
1	Maharashtra	Upto 6th	Upto 48 hours	Only near relatives	Included	Included	Under discussion
2	Delhi	Upto 6th	Upto 48 hours	Near relatives as well as friends	Not included	Not included	Under discussion
3	Kerala	Upto 6th	Not included or mentioned	Near relatives or friends or religious bodies affiliated to the deceased person	Included	Not included	Under discussion
4	Orissa	Upto 6th	Upto 48 hours	Only near relatives	Included	Not included	No provisions
5	Tamilnadu	Upto 6th	Not included or mentioned	Only near relatives	Not included	Not included	Under discussion
6	UP	Upto 12th	Upto 48 hours	Only near relatives	Included	Not incuded	No provisions
7	Haryana	Upto 6th	Not included or mentioned	Only near relatives	Not included	Included	No provisions
8	Goa	Upto 6th	Not included or mentioned	Only near relatives	Not included	Included	No provisions
9	Himachal Pradesh	Upto 6th	Least time delay not specified correctly	Only near relatives	Not included	Included	No provisions
10	Karnataka	Upto 6th	Upto 48 hours	Only near relatives	Included	Not included	No provisions
11	Andhra Pradesh & Telangana	Upto 6th	Upto 48 hours	Only near relatives	Included	Included	Under discussion