India, March 26 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the controversial observations made by the Allahabad High Court regarding what constitutes rape, slamming the remarks as "insensitive" and "inhuman." The apex court called the high court's comments, stating that grabbing a woman's breasts and pulling the drawstring of her pyjama did not amount to rape, completely alien to the principles of law.

A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih, hearing the matter suo motu after it was flagged by the "We the Women of India" collective to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, described the observations as shocking and unacceptable. The bench remarked that while they are generally slow to grant stays at this stage, the gravity ...