SUPREME COURT TAKES SUO MOTU COGNISANCE OF CALCUTTA HIGH COURT JUDGEMENT ADVISING FEMALE ADOLESCENTS ON SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR

The Supreme Court in the case observed and has taken the Suo motu cognizance of the judgement of the Calcutta High Court wherein the court stated that every female adolescent should control the sexual urge as in the eyes of the society she will be the looser when she gives in to enjoy the sexual pleasure of hardly two minutes.

The bench comprising of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Pankaj Mithal in the case observed while considering the suo motu case filed against the said judgement. The matter is title ‘In Re: Right to Privacy of Adolescent’.

Earlier, the Supreme Court in the case observed and had stayed the direction of Allahabad High Court for the examination of the horoscope of a woman to ascertain if she was a ‘mangalik.’