Overview
- A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh affirmed the 2019 conviction and life sentence after finding the wife's dying declaration lawful and backed by medical records.
- The case concerns a 20-year-old in Rajasthan who named her husband before dying of burns in October 2012.
- The court said domestic abuse and even wife‑burning do not occur as rare anomalies but signal a disease‑afflicted social order.
- Citing 2023 data, the judgment noted about 448,000 recorded crimes against women and more than 6,000 dowry deaths each year.
- Reviewing laws and landmark rulings on women’s rights, the court concluded that real change must come from society, calling on “We, the People of India.”