LONDON, England (CNN) -- A devout Hindu said Wednesday he was confident that a British court will rule that laws preventing him from being cremated on an open-air funeral pyre in "a sacrament of fire" are a breach of his human rights. Davender Ghai arrives at the High Court for his challenge to be allowed to be cremated on a funeral pyre. Davender Ghai, who emigrated to England from Kenya in 1958, has a number of ailments including diabetes, asthma, anemia and a degenerative spinal disease but says he fears he will not be allowed to die with "dignity." The 70-year-old spiritual healer said that when he does die, he would like his eldest son Sanjay, who lives in Canada, to light the pyre as his family watches what they believe is his soul being released from his body.
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British Hindu fights in court to be allowed to be cremated on funeral pyre
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He says local officials' refusal to allow funeral pyre breach his human rights
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Officials: Cremations outside of crematoria are illegal under 1902 Cremation Act
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