NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the strict provisions of law were for the welfare of women and not means to “chastise, threaten, domineer or extort” their husbands.
Justices B V Nagarathna and Pankaj Mithal observed a Hindu marriage was considered to be a sacred institution, as a foundation for a family and not a “commercial venture”.
Notably, the bench observed the invocation of IPC sections including rape, criminal intimidation and subjecting a married woman to cruelty — as a “combined package” in most of the complaints related to matrimonial disputes — was condemned by the top court on several occasions.
Source: PTI News
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