Indian Polity & Governance·Landmark Judgments

Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Brahmo Samaj — Landmark Judgments

Updated 8 Mar 2026

Landmark Judgments

The Sati Regulation Act, 1829 (Regulation XVII)

1829

This was not a judicial judgment in the modern sense but a landmark legislative act that fundamentally altered the legal and social landscape of British India. It declared the…