Modesty - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Modesty, as 'womanly propriety of behaviour; scrupulous chastity of thought, speech and conduct; reserve or sense of shame proceeding from instinctive aversion to impure or coarse suggestions, Oxford English Dictionary (1993 Edn.); Raju Pandurang Mahale v. State of Maharashtra, (2004) 4 SCC 371.Modesty, as freedom from coarseness, indelicacy or indecency; a regard for propriety in dress, speech or conduct, (Webster's Third New International Dictionary); Raju Pandurang Mahale v. State of Maharashtra, (2004) 4 SCC 371.Modesty, can be described as the quality of being modest; and in relation to a woman , 'womanly propriety to behaviour; scrupulous chastity of thought, speech and conduct.' It is the reserve or sense of shame proceeding from instinctive aversion to impure or coarse suggestions, Aman Kumar v. State of Haryana, (2004) 4 SCC 379 (389). (Indian Penal Code, s. 354)--the essential ingredients of the offence unders. 354, IPC are as under:(i) that the person assaulted must be a wom...
Women's modesty
Women's modesty, the essence of a woman's modesty is her sex. The modesty of an adult female is writ large on her body. Young or old, intelligent or imbecile, awake or sleeping, the woman possesses a modesty capable of being outraged. Whoever uses criminal force to her with intent to outrage her modesty commits an offence punishable under s. 354. The culpable intention of the accused is the crux of the matter. The reaction of the woman is very relevant, but its absence is not always decisive, as for example, when the accused with a corrupt mind stealthily touches the flesh of a sleeping woman. She may be an idiot, she may be under the spell of anaesthesia, she may be sleeping, she may be unable to appreciate the significance of the act: nevertheless, the offender is punishable under the section, State of Punjab v. Major Singh, AIR 1967 SC 63 (68): 1966 Supp SCR 286....
Bold faced
Somewhat impudent lacking modesty as a bold faced woman...
Decency
The quality or state of being decent suitable or becoming in words or behavior propriety of form in social intercourse in actions or in discourse proper formality becoming ceremony seemliness hence freedom from obscenity or indecorum modesty...
Demurely
In a demure manner soberly gravely now commonly with a mere show of gravity or modesty...
Demureness
The state of being demure gravity the show of gravity or modesty...
downcast
Cast downward directed to the ground from bashfulness modesty dejection or guilt...
Immodesty
Lack of modesty delicacy or decent reserve indecency...
Impudence
The quality of being impudent assurance accompanied with a disregard of the presence or opinions of others shamelessness forwardness lack of modesty...
Indecent
Not decent unfit to be seen or heard offensive to modesty and delicacy as indecent language...
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