Roop Kanwar's death, the last reported case of Sati in India, led to the enactment of The Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act ...

Out of the 45 individuals originally charged, 25 were acquitted in 2004 due to insufficient evidence, eight were acquitted on ...

Since the beginning we have been saying that she committed the act on her own and there was no incitement or abetment. No one ...

Expressing unhappiness over the court verdict on Wednesday in the 37 -year old case, PUCL national president Kavita ...

PUCL for appeal against court acquittal of accused in Roop Kanwar sati case. Expressing unhappiness over the court verdict on Wednesday in the 37 -year old case, PUCL national pre ...

THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS after they were accused of glorifying the death of Roop Kanwar, India’s last known case of sati, a Jaipur ...

A Rajasthan court acquitted the last eight of the accused in the 1987 Roop Kanwar 'sati glorification' case due to inadequate ...

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Announcing its verdict in the 1987 Sati case, a Special Court of Jaipur Mahanagar II on Wednesday acquitted eight out of 45 ...

A special court in Jaipur on Wednesday acquitted eight accused in a 37-year-old case of glorification of Sati, and gave them ...

A special court in Jaipur on Wednesday acquitted eight accused in a 37-year-old case of glorification of Sati, and gave them “the benefit of doubt”, a lawyer said. The special court has acquitted 25 ...

In September 1987, 18-year-old Roop Kanwar was forced to commit Sati on her husband’s funeral pyre in Rajasthan. Hundreds of people including politicians took part in the procession to the ...