"Observations were problematic": SC on Calcutta HC's judgement on asking adolescent girls to control sexual urges
New Delhi, Jan. 4 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday criticised a Calcutta High Court judgement of December last year which stated that adolescent girls must control their sexual urges instead of giving in to two minutes of pleasure.
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said the observations in the judgment were "problematic".
"Every paragraph (of the judgement) is problematic. We have marked all the paragraphs," the bench remarked.
Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, appearing for the State of West Bengal, told the bench that an appeal has been filed against the judgment. The appeal was listed for hearing today but the bench before which the case was listed did not sit.
The apex court said the appeal will have to be heard along ...
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