#SupremeCourt takes up suo motu case over the... ... LiveLaw Breaking News Alerts: 23 September 2026

#SupremeCourt takes up suo motu case over the Patna HC order which held that allegations of attempting to remove a woman's salwar and physically molesting by pressing her chest do not constitute #AttemptToRape

A bench of CJI Surya Kant, J Joymalya Bagchi and J V Mohana to hear the matter today

In July, Sr Advs Shobha Gupta and HS Phoolka informed the CJI bench that despite SC taking suo motu case over a similar order passed by the Allahabad HC and setting it aside, the Patna HC order came to be passed.