Chief Justice Rape Remark

Chief Justice of India Sharad A Bobde today said that the comments he made during a hearing in a rape case last week was completely misreported to imply disrespect for women. The Supreme Court, he said, had always accorded the "highest respect to womanhood".

Coming in support of the Supreme Court, the Bar Council of India on Thursday asked activists, who wrote to Chief Justice S A Bobde urging him to withdraw remarks made in a rape case, not to "scandalise" the highest judiciary and take "political mileage" of its proceedings.

Chief Justice of India Sharad A Bobde today said that the comments he made during a hearing in a rape case last week was completely misreported to imply disrespect for women. The Supreme Court, he said, had always accorded the "highest respect to womanhood".

Coming in support of the Supreme Court, the Bar Council of India on Thursday asked activists, who wrote to Chief Justice S A Bobde urging him to withdraw remarks made in a rape case, not to "scandalise" the highest judiciary and take "political mileage" of its proceedings.