Calling A Woman 'Ra**i' Attacks Her Character And Sexual Dignity, Amounts To Insulting Modesty: Delhi High Court

Delhi High Court has held that calling a woman by the word “r\\\\i” is not merely an offensive abuse, but a grave insult that strikes at her sexual dignity and can amount to the offence of outraging modesty under Section 509 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, while deciding the case Shashi Bala v. State Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors, ruled that the word…