Supreme Court rebukes courts for naming rape survivors

A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N K Singh expressed concern that despite statutory safeguards and repeated directions from SC, such lapses persist. The court made the observation while convicting a rape accused, noting that the name of the minor survivor was mentioned in lower court orders. ​The court rejected the argument of the woman’s family.

By AMIT ANAND CHOUDHARY