Uttering Of Unpleasant Words Against Woman Not Insult To Modesty: Court
NDTV
The Kerala High Court said the offence of stalking was not made out as "following a woman to abuse or threaten will not fall within the scope of the penal provision".
The Kerala High Court has quashed a criminal case against film director Sreekumar Menon who was accused by a prominent Malayalam actress of abusing and defaming her, saying that mere utterances of unpleasant words against a woman would not result in insult to her modesty.
The order by Justice S Manu came on the plea by Menon, who is the director of the 2018 Indian Malayalam-language fantasy drama film 'Odiyan' starring Mohanlal.
The female actor had alleged that the director had engaged in defaming her during the shooting, promotion and release of the film 'Odiyan' in which she too had a role.
