BREAKING: Read the 7 guidelines issued by #SupremeCourt for lower courts to keep in mind while passing such bail orders and not trivialize sexual offence 
https://twitter.com/barandbench/status/1372478475538403329
The court also issued various additional directions. The order reads:
Courts should desist from expressing any stereotype opinion, in words spoken during proceedings, or in the course of a judicial order to the effect that:-
1. Women are physically weak and need protection.
Courts should desist from expressing any stereotype opinion, in words spoken during proceedings, or in the course of a judicial order to the effect that:-
1. Women are physically weak and need protection.
2. Women are incapable of or cannot take decisions on their own.
3. Men are the “head” of the household and should take all the decisions relating to family.
4. Women should be submissive and obedient according to our culture.
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3. Men are the “head” of the household and should take all the decisions relating to family.
4. Women should be submissive and obedient according to our culture.
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5.“Good” women are sexually chaste.
6. Motherhood is the duty and role of every woman, and assumptions to the effect that she wants to be a mother.
7. Women should be the ones in charge of their children, their upbringing and care.
6. Motherhood is the duty and role of every woman, and assumptions to the effect that she wants to be a mother.
7. Women should be the ones in charge of their children, their upbringing and care.
8. Being alone at night or wearing certain clothes make women responsible for being attacked.
9. A woman consuming alcohol, smoking, etc. may justify unwelcome advances by men or “has asked for it”
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9. A woman consuming alcohol, smoking, etc. may justify unwelcome advances by men or “has asked for it”
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10. Women are emotional and often overreact or dramatize events, hence it is necessary to
corroborate their testimony;
11. Testimonial evidence provided by women who are sexually active may be suspected when assessing “consent” in sexual offence cases;
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corroborate their testimony;
11. Testimonial evidence provided by women who are sexually active may be suspected when assessing “consent” in sexual offence cases;
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Rakhi as bail condition turns "molester into brother" by judicial mandate: Supreme Court gives directions to avoid "women asked for it" orders
report by @DebayonRoy
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report by @DebayonRoy
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