How can it be called as rarest of rare!
IT was simply a well opportuned hype fueld by social media and look today what they achieved starting with castration to hanging to a diluted CrPC (Amendment) 2013 ending with “lowering age of consent” thus allowing child marriage in contravention to the very 'Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006' vis-à-vis Muslim Law body today opposing the consent age J
In the words and wisdom of present Hon'ble CJI ""What happened on December 16 in Delhi was sad and bad and something extraordinary, but at the same time not unique. This was made into a kind of an iconic situation," Mr. Justice Kabir said at an event organised by the Calcutta high court in Kolkata to mark International Women's Day.
Source:-
https://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/kolkata/Delhi-rape-case-not-unique-Altamas-Kabir/Article1-1023819.aspx
Against above take, Lordship has opened (set aside) back door (curative petition) MIL -kicking- DIL is cruelty after 4 years of his fellow ld. brothers already having said 'it is not cruelty' on thumping request of NCW. Whereas overlooking giving a speaking Judgment on retrospective aspect of DV Act where other HC’s decisions were not even whispered leave aside announcing a reasoned Order in just 3 pages yet citations in AIR / SCC by retired brothers pleasing publishers says other HC Judgments were ‘referred’, common if we call this “reference’’ then justice from Hon'ble Apex Court today is like watching your fav. soap opera in convenience of your A/C drawing rooms; gone are days of such imminent Lordships who were not miser enough to call their minimum 25 pages judgment just first paragraph view!
It was expected to happen if Law is not properly vetted and gets influenced by certain vested sections of society and hurriedly made.