2024 INSC 1008
1- SLP(Crl.)10447 of 2024
REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL ____________OF 2024
(Arising out of SLP (Crl.) NO.10447/2024)
RAJEEV KUMAR UPADHYAY ... APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
SRIKANT UPADHYAY & ORS. ... RESPONDENT(S)
J U D G M E N T
SANJAY KAROL, J.
Leave granted
“The legal subordination of one sex to another — is wrong in
itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human
improvement; and that it ought to be replaced by a system of
perfect equality, admitting no power and privilege on the one
side, nor disability on the other.”
[John Stuart Mill, On Subjection of Women, Chapter 1
(1869).]
2- SLP(Crl.)10447 of 2024
1. Dignity goes to the very core of the existence of an individual in society. Any
action which undermines dignity either by an act of another person or that of
the State is potentially going against the spirit of the Constitution of India1,
which guarantees the security of all persons by ensuring that justice, liberty
and equality are avouched for each and every person. By extension, if the
dignity of a person is compromised, their human rights, available to them by
virtue of them being humans and guaranteed by various enactments, both
national and international, are imperilled.
2. We may benefit from the observations in K.S. Puttaswamy...