A PIL in Madhya Pradesh High Court seeks a legal ban on forcing children and mentally unfit persons to take the Jain vow of Santhara after a 3-year-old girl in Indore died. The petition questions the legality of such practices under the right to life.
Gujarat High Court on Wednesday has firmly stated that guardians or managers of mentally ill individuals cannot create wills on their behalf. The courts’ decisions were grounded in Section 59 of the Succession Act, which stipulates that a mentally ill person is incapable of creating a will, as it requires the conscious decision-making ability regarding […]