New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 25) said that sweeping remarks made by the Patna High Court that a widow does not need to wear make-up are “highly objectionable”.
The remarks came while the Supreme Court was hearing a case of abduction and murder of a woman over a property dispute, reported LiveLaw.
While witnesses related to the deceased had said that she was residing in the house at the time of the incident and subsequently the police had found make-up articles. It was found that the articles belonged to another woman residing in the house.
It was at this juncture that the Patna High Court remarked that the make-up articles could not have belonged to the woman as she was a widow as there was no need for her to put on make-up.
“In our opinion, the observation of the High Court is not only legally untenable but also highly objectionable. A sweeping observation of this nature is not commensurate with the sensitivity and neutrality expected from a court of law, specifically when the same is not made out from any evidence on record,” observed the bench of Justice Bela M. Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma, taking objection of the remarks made by the Patna High Court.
