The Rajasthan High Court's August 2015 judgment restricting the Jain practice of sallekhana, ritual fasting unto death, and the Supreme Court of India's stay of that judgment three weeks later, is the primary legal record of a closely watched and still unresolved dispute over the practice's legality. Its authority is that of the court records themselves, for a case and a stay that are well documented in Indian legal reporting. This source's own record does not carry the case's formal name, only the court, the subject and the two dates, so a claim needing the precise citation should confirm it independently before relying on this entry alone.
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Reliability Tier1
The Rajasthan High Court's August 2015 judgment on sallekhana and the Supreme Court's stay three weeks later are the courts' own primary legal record of a closely watched and still unresolved dispute, the top tier reflecting direct court documentation of the ruling and stay themselves, notwithstanding that the record carries no formal case citation and should be confirmed independently before precise legal reliance. NotesConfirms the August 2015 judgment and the Supreme Court stay three weeks later, but records no case name; the entry says "an Indian high court" for that reason.
Citation
AuthorHigh Court of Rajasthan
Publication Year2015
URLhttps://indiankanoon.org/doc/173301527/
Source Typelegal
Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)
This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Denominations, 2 claims: 2 general references.
- Practices, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Regions, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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