SKin to Skin Judgment

Part of the three-judge bench led by Justice U.U. Lalit, which set aside the Bombay High Court's skin-to-skin contact order earlier on Thursday, Justice S. Ravindra Bhat has noted down a concurring opinion though separate from the operative judgement by Justice Bela Trivedi.

A bench headed by Justice UU Lalit set aside the high court judgment saying the most important ingredient of constituting sexual assault is sexual intent and not skin-to-skin contact with the child.

The Youth Bar Association of India has moved the Apex Court represented by AOR Manju Jetley challenging the recent "skin to skin" judgment of the Bombay High Court