On August 10, 2015 Rajasthan High Court ordered by declaring that Santhara as illegal, the practice, which involves voluntary fast-unto-death, illegal and an offence punishable under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
- But the Supreme Court stayed the order passed by Rajasthan High Court declaring Santhara as illegal.
- Santhara is a Jain custom of embracing voluntary death – it involves practitioners taking an oath to stop eating until they die of starvation. According to Jains, this is a way to purge oneself of bad ‘karma’ and attain ‘moksha’.
- The Bench was hearing a batch of petitions filed by various religious bodies of Jain community members against the High Court order on Santhara.
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