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Gaurav JaIn Vs. Union of India and Others Overruled

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Constitution Criminal

Acts : Constitution of India - Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9(3), 12, 13, 14, 15, 16(1), 17(2), 18, 19(1), 20. 21, 23, 24, 28, 29, 32, 34, 36, 37, 39, 45, 51A, 141, 142 and 145(6); Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 - Sections 2; Supreme Court Rules; Women and Girls Act, 1956; Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)

Reported in : AIR1997SC3021; 1997(2)ALD(Cri)199; 1998(3)ALLMR(SC)433; 1997(2)Crimes40(SC); JT1997(6)SC305; 1997(4)SCALE657; (1997)8SCC114; [1997]Supp2SCR105

ORDER1. 'Frailty, thy name is woman', was the ignominy heaped upon women of Victorian Era by William Shakespeare in his great work 'Hamlet'. The history of sociology has, however, established the contrary, i.e., 'fortitude', thy name...