The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the controversial order of the Allahabad High Court, which stated that acts like grabbing breasts or breaking the string of pyjamas do not amount to an attempt to rape. The apex court strongly criticized the judgment, calling it "inhuman" and showing a total lack of sensitivity."

The top court took suo motu cognizance of the issue after the women’s rights organization ‘We the Women of India’ approached the court, raising concerns over the Allahabad High Court's remarks. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Augustine George Masih heard the matter and put an immediate stay on specific paragraphs of the High Court’s judgment, which it deemed unacceptable under the law.

"We are pained to state that it shows total lack of sensitivity on part of the author of the judgment. It was not even at the spur of the moment and was delivered four months after reserving the same. Thus, there was application of mind. We are usually hesitant to grant stay at this stage. But since observations in para 21, 24, and 26 are unknown to the canons of law and show an inhuman approach, we stay the observations in the said paras," the Supreme Court ruled, as reported by Bar and Bench.