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HC's judge ruling in attempt to rape case stirs row, lawyer writes to CJI
Hindustan Times Ludhiana
|March 21, 2025
An order by a judge of the Allahabad high court that a man grabbing an 11-year-old girl's breasts, breaking her pyjama strings and dragging her under a culvert are not enough to charge him with attempt to rape has sparked widespread outrage and prompted calls for Supreme Court's intervention.
NEW DELHI:
In a letter to the Chief Justice of India, Justice Sanjeev Khanna, senior advocate Shobha Gupta said that the ruling by Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra showed that his interpretation of the law was "grossly erroneous, his approach on the subject is insensitive, irresponsible and sends very bad message for the society at large". She urged the CJI to remove the "judge concerned from the criminal roster".
This story is from the March 21, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Ludhiana.
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