Recently, in a noteworthy development, the Kerala High Court, while adjudicating in a child custody battle between a divorced couple, orally remarked that penal provision against rape should be made gender-neutral.
A single-judge bench of Allahabad High Court while hearing an application under Section 482 filed by Sunil @ Moni And Another has said that the right of fair trial cannot be denied to an accused who has been charged with a serious offence.