"Highly Objectionable": Supreme Court on High Court's Remark On Widow, Make-Up
NDTV
In the context of a case, the Patna High Court had said that a widow did not need to put on make-up.
Terming as "highly objectionable" the observation made by a high court about make-up articles and a widow, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said such a comment was not commensurate with the sensitivity and neutrality expected from a court of law.
The Supreme Court was dealing with the appeals filed against a verdict of the Patna High Court in a murder case of 1985 in which a woman was abducted and later killed, allegedly to obtain possession of a house belonging to her father.
The high court had upheld the conviction of five persons in the case and had set aside the acquittal of two other co-accused. It had convicted the two persons, who were earlier acquitted of all charges by a trial court, and sentenced them to life.