Sallekhana is a ethical code of conduct of Jainism. It is the religious practice of voluntarily fasting to death by gradually reducing the intake of food and beverage. Sallekhana practice is also known as santhra practice. 

According to the Press Trust of India, an average 240 Jains practice Sallekhana each year in India. Also in the first half of 2015, around 118 Jains performed Santhara across India.

We all know that when a living organisms will be take birth then it's true that it will be finally death.

Let's talk about Jainism.

 There are 24 thirthanker in Jainism. First  jain thirthanker was Rishbhdev.

Vardwan Mahaveer was  24th thirthanker of jain religious. His father name is Siddharth and his mother name is trishila. He is born on  540 B.C. at kundagram vaishali. Vashali is a district in Bihar. His wife name is yashoda. Jamali is a son in law of mahaveer. Mahaveer leave his home at age of 30 year old.

Jain religion divide two branch 

1 Swetamber

2 Degambar

Maurya king chandergupt adopt sallekhana practice in Karnataka.

Let's talk about jain religious person what think about  sallekhana.

1 - Jains claim that the tradition could not be compared to Sati pratha as it is entirely a personal decision, both men and women do it. And can also be withdrawn if the person feels that he cannot undergo the process.

2 - In Jain texts, Santhara  is differentiated from suicide by the quality of intent; the Indian Penal Code (IPC) recognises only form for intent so it would be difficult to convince the court that Salekhana is different from suicide.

3 - The Jains believe Santhara is not only about  death, destruction of life and mortal body. They believe that Santhara leads to non-violence, as person observing this practice subjugates the passions, which are the root cause of violence.

4- According to Jains, The purpose of Santhara  is to purge old karmas and prevent the creation of new ones.

 Let's talk about “What about supreme court approach on this view?”

Supreme court take a decision on 31 August 2015 to hold the the verdict of Rajasthan High court on sallekhana practice . Before this  Rajasthan High court give a verdict for ban of santhra practice.

According to Indian constitution article 25 - Rights to follow religious practice.

This article gives a right to follow our religion culture.