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#Supreme Court hears a plea by a rape survivor, seeking permission to marry the accused, a 53-year-old Kerala Catholic priest Robin Vadakkumchery sentenced to 20 years in jail and dismissed from priesthood by the Vatican. She further seeks bail for the accused to marry him

Sr Adv Kiran Suri: I am challenging the order so that the accused and the girl can get married so that the legitimacy can be granted to the child in the relationship.

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Dr Amit George appears for the accused: my bail plea is to get married to the prosecutrix so that legitimacy can be granted to the child

Justice Vineet Saran: what is your age

George: I am 49 and the prosecutrix is 25

Justice Dinesh Maheshwari: we see no reason to disturb the order of the Kerala High Court

George: in a bail plea how can my fundamental right to marry be hindered. Observations should not be such that an application cannot be made to jail superintendent

Justice Saran: we can only request HC to hear the accused

George: There are scathing observations by the High Court

Justice Maheshwari: you have invited it yourself

SC: Approach the high court for relief.

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[BREAKING] Supreme Court rejects plea by rape survivor to marry rapist Catholic Priest Robin Vadakkumcherry

report by @DebayonRoy

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