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Bodily Integrity of a Woman Cannot be Infringed, SC Observes In PIL Seeking Ban on Female Genital Mutilation
Mehal Jain
9 July 2018 3:34 PM IST
Hearing a PIL seeking a ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) practiced within the Dawoodi Bohra Community in India, the Supreme Court on Monday remarked that the bodily integrity of a woman could not be infringed without her consent.According to the petitioner, the practise amounts to an offence under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) 2012 and the Indian...
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