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Rabindra Kumar Pathak

The Holy Fast to Death and Conflicting Constitutional Moralities

INTRODUCTION The holy fast to death among Jains, a practice known as Santhara, has been at the center of a debate as to how the law should deal with such predicaments where religious practices endanger the constitutionally protected right to life. Such a debate also touches upon some of the core constitutional values that form […]

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The Holy Fast to Death and Conflicting Constitutional Moralities

The holy fast to death among Jains, a practice known Santhara, has been at the centre of a debate as to how law should deal with the such predicaments where  religious practices   endanger the constitutionally protected right to life. Such a debate also touches upon some of core constitutional values that form the bedrock of

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