{"id":38803,"date":"2015-08-31T07:49:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T07:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=38803"},"modified":"2015-08-31T07:49:37","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T07:49:37","slug":"sc-stays-hc-decision-declaring-santhara-as-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-stays-hc-decision-declaring-santhara-as-illegal","title":{"rendered":"SC stays HC decision declaring &#8216;santhara&#8217; as illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37805\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37805\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/4-years-jail-to-24-year-old-youth-for-stabbing-man\/jail-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"281,180\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?fit=281%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37805 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?resize=281%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SC stays HC decision declaring 'santhara' as illegal\" width=\"281\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SC stays HC decision declaring &#8216;santhara&#8217; as illegal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today stayed the operation of a\u00a0Rajasthan High Court order terming as illegal the religious practice of &#8220;santhara&#8221;, a ritual of fasting until death prevalent among Jain community members.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Issue notice. Leave granted,&#8221; a bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy said while staying the HC order and issuing notices to the Centre, Rajasthan and others.<\/p>\n<p>The bench was hearing a batch of petitions filed by various religious bodies of Jain community members against the High Court order on santhara.<\/p>\n<p>The pleas had sought a stay on the high court judgement, claiming it was passed without appreciating the basic philosophy and tenets of the Jain religion.<\/p>\n<p>The Rajasthan High Court had on August 10 held &#8216;santhara&#8217; as illegal making it punishable under section 306 and 309 of IPC related to abetment of suicide.<\/p>\n<p>The petitions claimed that the high court erred in equating the religious practice with the offence of suicide.<\/p>\n<p>The petition came in the backdrop of protests by the community in Rajasthan and some other states against the high court order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today stayed the operation of a\u00a0Rajasthan High Court order terming as illegal the religious practice of &#8220;santhara&#8221;, a ritual of fasting until death prevalent among Jain community members. &#8220;Issue notice. 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