New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking direction to declare unconstitutional laws primarily "targeting men" and "unfairly presuming men as aggressors in domestic disputes".

Dismissing the petition, a bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and K. Vinod Chandran remarked: "Go raise this before Parliament."

The plea sought direction to declare Sections 2, 3, 4 and 8A of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Sections 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and its equivalent in the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023, Sections 2 and 3 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, and Section 12(1)(c) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 as unconstitutional and invalid for violating fundamental r...