The most high-profile sati incident was in Rajasthan in 1987 when 18-year-old Roop Kanwar was burned to death.

Following the outcry after the sati of Roop Kanwar, the Indian Government enacted the Rajasthan Sati Prevention Ordinance, 1987 on October 1, 1987 and later passed the Commission of Sati ( Prevention ) Act, 1987.

A well documented case from 1987 was that of 18-year old Roop Kanwar.

In December 1987, Boney Kapoor launch two Big Films, Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja and Prem.

The most recent case was in early 1987, which was the most severe winter in Scandinavia since that date.

The American Medical Association called chiropractic an " unscientific cult " and boycotted it until losing an antitrust case in 1987.

Few then were surprised when Major's Conservatives lost the 1 May 1997 general election to Tony Blair's " New Labour ", although the immense scale of the defeat was not as widely predicted: in 1987 and 1992 the Conservatives had polled better than had been suggested by the opinion polls, but in 1997 this was no longer the case.

According to Frances FitzGerald in an April 1987 New Yorker article, " They epitomized the excesses of the 1980s ; the greed, the love of glitz, and the shamelessness ; which in their case was so pure as to almost amount to a kind of innocence ".

This was demonstrated by the 1987 judgment in the Weaver v NATFHE case in the UK, in which a black Muslim woman brought a complaint of workplace racist harassment against a co-trade unionist.

In 1987, SPLC won a case against the United Klans of America for the lynching of Michael Donald, a black teenager in Mobile, Alabama.

The play Inherit the Truth ( 1987 ), by Gale Johnson, was based around the original transcripts of the case.

In 1987, the Supreme Court affirmed this defense in a 5 – 4 decision that dismissed Stanley's case: United States v. Stanley.

Edwards v. Aguillard, was a legal case about the teaching of creationism that was heard by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1987.

Category: 1987 in United States case law

In 1987, a Florida judge trying a case concerning the beating to death of a gay man asked the prosecutor, " That's a crime now, to beat up a homosexual?

:* In 1987, in the same case as Buckland, British baker Colin Pitchfork was the first criminal caught and convicted using DNA fingerprinting.

The process for determining the amount of the automatic cuts was found unconstitutional in the case of Bowsher v. Synar, and Congress enacted a reworked version of the law in 1987.

The entity of ketosis-prone type 2 diabetes was first fully described in 1987 after several preceding case reports.

Between the years 1987 and 2000, the case fatality rate across the United States was three measles-attributable deaths per 1000 cases, or 0. 3 %.

Ct. N. Y. Co. 1987 ) ( handwriting expert may testify as to the authenticity of a writing but not as to an individual's physical or mental condition based on a handwriting sample ) is an example of current U. S. case law for the rejection of graphology as psychological testimony.

In a case that ran from February 1984 through October 1987, Monsanto was the defendant in the longest civil jury trial in U. S. history, Kemner v. Monsanto.

It originally had the same generally beige-colored case as the original Macintosh (" Pantone 453 "), but in 1987, the case color was changed to the long-lived, warm gray " Platinum " color.

They originate from the famous case brought in the High Court by the New Zealand Māori Council ( New Zealand Māori Council v. Attorney-General ) in 1987.

In Canada there is no constitutional right to strike, as per a 1987 Supreme Court ruling on a reference case brought by the province of Alberta.

In a case of especially bad timing, this came only a week before the 1987 stock market crash.

Introduced in March, 1987 and retailing for US $ 5, 498, the Macintosh II was the first " modular " Macintosh model, so called because it came in a horizontal desktop case like many IBM PC compatibles of the time.

The C v S case in 1987 reconfirmed that at 19 – 22 weeks a foetus was not capable of being born alive.

The CD version was packaged in a cardboard foldout case that included a bonus booklet filled with photos of the band from 1987 – 1990.

However, the report was contested as Rajasthan also moved an application " seeking explanation and guidance regarding the report of this Ravi Beas waters Tribunal, 1987 ".

After a ballot of members and the passing of a motion at the 1987 Portsmouth conference, the party merged with the Liberal Party in 1988 to form the Liberal Democrats, although a minority left to form a continuing SDP led by David Owen.

A cease-fire between Chad and Libya held from 1987 to 1988, and negotiations over the next several years led to the 1994 International Court of Justice decision granting Chad sovereignty over the Aouzou strip, effectively ending Libyan occupation.

This was reflected in sales numbers for the two platforms until the release of the Amiga 500 in 1987 which led the Amiga sales to exceed the ST by about 1. 5 to 1, despite reaching the market later.

At the start of 1986, Essendon were considered unbackable for three successive flags, but a succession of injuries to key players Paul Van der Haar ( only fifteen games from 1986 to 1988 ), Tim Watson, Darren Williams, Roger Merrett and Simon Madden led the club to win only eight of its last eighteen games in 1986 and only nine games ( plus a draw with Geelong ) in 1987.

Up to late 1990s strained relations almost led to an open war in 1974, 1987 and 1996.

In March 1987 a dispute concerning oil drilling rights, almost led to war between the countries with Greece advocating the dispute to be decided by the International Court of Justice.

During the 1980s ( from 1982 to 1987 ,) the company was led by the charismatic John Harvey Jones.

Her activities and views, as well as her work against the government and religious fundamentalists led to her assassination on February 4, 1987.

Two military coups in Fiji in 1987 removed a democratically elected government led by an Indo Fijian ,.

In 1987 the government proposed to privatize Sudan Airways, precipitating a heated controversy that ultimately led to a joint venture between the government and private interests.

In 1987, enduring fan interest, partially preserved by the first four installments of the Star Trek film franchise from 1979 to 1986, those films ' popularity led to the development of the Star Trek sequel Star Trek: The Next Generation, which became extremely successful, and led to the later sequels Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and finally Star Trek: Enterprise, which ended in 2005.

* June 11 – The Conservative Party of the United Kingdom, led by Margaret Thatcher, is re-elected for a third term at the 1987 general election.

This led to the creation of CD Video ( CD-V ) in 1987.

Falcone led the prosecution for the trial, which began 10 February 1986, and ended on 16 December 1987.

TV alien puppet ALF, supposedly on a dare from host Davidson, actually guest hosted half an episode, and on a 1987 April Fools ' Day prank on Davidson, the two contestants were actually actors whose argument led to the female " contestant " shoving the male off the set's raised contestant stage.

In 1987, Ryan led the major leagues in both ERA ( 2. 76 ) and strikeouts ( 270 ) at the age of 40 — but finished 8 – 16 as the result of extremely poor run support.

When widespread student protests occurred across China in 1987, Hu's political opponents successfully blamed Hu for the disruptions, claiming that Hu's " laxness " and " bourgeois liberalization " had either led to, or worsened, the protests.

During the 1987 – 88 season, Pocklington had approached Gretzky about renegotiating the contract, but Gretzky, unwilling to give up his chance at free agency, refused, which ultimately led to the trade.

In 1987, a request from the U. S. Department of Defense led to the development of VHDL ( VHSIC Hardware Description Language, where VHSIC is Very High Speed Integrated Circuit ).

The film led to LPs being released and the band really touring and was followed by a sequel, More Bad News in 1987.

In early stage the Constituent Assembly's work ( from February to March 1987 ), Cardoso led the committee that drafted the Assembly's internal rules of procedure, including the procedural rules on the drafting of the Constitution itself.

In 1964, his demand that the Royal Ulster Constabulary remove an Irish tricolour from Sinn Féin's Belfast offices led to two days of rioting, after this was followed through ( see Flags and Emblems Act – the public display of any symbol, with the exception of the Union flag, that could cause a breach of the peace was illegal until Westminster repealed the Act in 1987 ).

Anderson led the Tigers to the majors ' best record in 1987, but the team was upset in the ALCS by the Minnesota Twins.

Cheyenne was led by Jodi Fisher ( 26. 7 points per game ), Cindy Smith, Jenny Shockey, Leana Burrows, and Sherry Hillman ( also contributing one season each to the three-year run: Julie Barton — 1985, Lori Sanders — 1987, and Cindy Hay — 1987 ).