"This decision is caused by the desire to avoid the damage that would be done to the claimants ... if after the exhumation the appeal was satisfied and it became necessary to return the remains to their former place," RIA Novosti reports with reference to the relevant court order.
It was assumed that the remains of Franco would be transferred to the pantheon of Mingorrubio, where his wife Carmen Polo was buried.
In August 2018, the Council of Ministers of Spain approved a decree allowing the transfer of the remains of the dictator from the tomb in the Valley of the Fallen complex.
In September, the country's parliament approved the exhumation of the remains of the politician.