Chief Justice of India, in response to a plea for right to privacy of couples marrying under Special Marriage Act (defying parental disapproval, caste/faith barriers), says parents have a right to know where their offspring have fled. Heard of rampant honour crimes your Honour?
Any idea who's Ms Praveen's lawyer @LiveLawIndia? Might find a chapter in my book (Fearless Freedom, @PenguinIndia 2020) on the phenomenon of organised political terror against such couples, by outfits that monitor Special Marriage Act notices, useful to educate the Hon'ble CJI
Justice Bobde also made outrageous remarks as he dismissed the appeal of the Farooqi rape complainant's against the Delhi HC's "Feeble No may be a yes" judgement, implying that if you mix a drink for a man, you've signalled consent for all else dailyo.in/politics/mahmo…
Well, let me brave a possible contempt of court charge by saying that judges like Justice Bobde with a proven history of misogynist judgements, should not get to hear gender related cases at all. Ideally they shouldn't be judges at all. Else courts are no better than khaps
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