The Supreme Court on Friday, 2 February, dismissed a plea seeking to make laws on sexual offences like rape, harassment, stalking, voyeurism, outraging of modesty, etc, gender-neutral ie applicable to both men and women.
As per a report in Live Law, the apex court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra termed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) an “imaginary petition.”
“These are affirmative provisions for the protection of women and in their favour. We cannot agree with your argument. This appears to us like an imaginative petition,” Live Law quoted the SC bench as saying.