The practice of Sati prevention act, 1988

1. The Practice of SATIThe Practice of SATI
Prevention Act, 1988Prevention Act, 1988

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TMF, (PhD) at JNTU Kakinada
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3. The Practice of SATI PreventionThe Practice of SATI Prevention
Act, 1988Act, 1988
Sati is a practice among Hindu
communities where a recently
widowed woman, either voluntarily
or by force, immolates herself on
her deceased husband's pyre.
• The woman who immolates herself
is, hence, called a Sati which is also
interpreted as a ' holy woman' or
a 'good and devoted wife’.

4. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OFHISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF
SATI OR THE MYTHOLOGY OF SATISATI OR THE MYTHOLOGY OF SATI
• The term sati is derived from the name of
goddess sati , wife of Shiva .
• Sati immolated herself because her father
insulted her husband .
• In some castes , sati used to be buried alive
with her deceased husband especially in
NATHS the ascetic and WEAVER community.
• Acc.. to the Greeks recorded the earliest
incident of sati and in the 4th century B.C.
Alexander's soldiers found it in north west
India.
• #Rani Padmani (johar)

5. Law and Act.Law and Act.
• In the 16th century, Humayun was the
first to try a royal agreement against the
practice. Akbar was next to issue official
orders prohibiting Sati .
• The Portuguese banned the practice in
Goa by 1515.
• The Dutch and the French banned it in
Hugli-Chunchura (then Chinsurah) and
Pondicherry. Bengal sati regulation act
1829.
• The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856.
Commission of sati prevention act 1987

6. PUNISHMENT SPUNISHMENT S
• Attempt: whoever attempt to commit sati
shall be punishable with imprisonment or
fine and both
• Abetment: whoever abet the commission
of such sati , directly or indirectly, shall be
punishable with death or imprisonment of
life and fine also.
• Glorification: Any act the glorification of
sati shall be punishable with imprisonment
for a term which shall not be less than one
year but which may extent seven years
with the fine five thousand or may extent
to thirty thousand.

7. National Commission forNational Commission for
WomenWomen
Nation wide Program for
Generating Awareness about
Legal Rights of Women
Resource PersonResource Person
Professor & Lawyer. Puttu Guru PrasadProfessor & Lawyer. Puttu Guru Prasad
M.Com. M.B.A., L.L.B., M.Phil. PGDFTM, APSET. ICFAI
TMF, (PhD) at JNTU Kakinada
Senior faculty for Management studies, VVIT.
93 94 96 98 98, 9885 96 36 36