The Supreme Court of India issued notices to the Ministries of External Affairs and Home Affairs on a petition filed by Anita Cose Pfaff seeking repatriation of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's remains from Renkō-Ji Temple in Tokyo. The bench, headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, required Pfaff as the direct legal heir to file the plea after previously declining an identical request from grandnephew Ashish Ray. Sources consist solely of left-center and unrated outlets, limiting perspective diversity.