Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 1163 · Decided 11 January 2016
Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association v. Union of India & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 1163 · [2016] 1 S.C.R. 207
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 4/2016
- Decided
- 11 January 2016
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, N.V. RAMANA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376; Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950 - Art. 32 - Remedies for enforcement of rights conferred by this Pan - Rape and abuse of a girl child - Writ petition to consider imposition of chemical castration as an additional punishment for such child abusers - Held: A child, B c a glorious gift conceive of any kind of carnal desire in man - Once she becomes a victim of such a crime, there is disastrous effect on her mind - Mental agony lasts long, sorrow and fear haunt forever - Therefore, there is need to take steps for D stopping this kind of child abuse - This Court cannot provide a
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