NEW DELHI: "Now, there's another order by another judge" was how Supreme Court reacted while expressing its disappointment over the casual remarks made by judges of Allahabad high court in recent months.
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The court was referring to remarks made by a judge who, while granting bail to an accused, said the woman herself had invited trouble and was responsible for the alleged rape committed against her.
The apex court has been expressing concern over the loose remarks and observations made by judges and taken suo motu cognisance in two cases. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and A G Masih was hearing suo motu a case which was initiated after the Allahabad HC had passed a controversial order that acts of grabbing a child victim's breasts, breaking the string of her pyjama and attempting to drag her beneath a culvert do not constitute the offence of rape or attempt to rape.
Though the bench deferred the hearing, it, however, noted the latest controversial remarks made by an HC judge earlier this month. Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh, while granting bail to an accused in a rape case, seemed to blame the complainant for agreeing to go to the accused's house after getting drunk. "One has to be careful when saying such things, especially from this side," the SC bench said.