Decriminalization of Attempt to suicide
The Government has decided to drop section 309 of IPC. 309 is the section which Deals with attempt to suicide. It is a news of today but then our media is more interested in conversion and Re-conversion of some people so I am trying to bring forward this news to all through this blog. This step of government has been mostly welcomed as this law is concerned as draconian and anachronistic law. A brief history of Indian law upon this subject will tells a different views. In the 42 nd report in 1971, the Law Commission recommended for repealing of this section and a bill was passed in Rajya sabha in 1978 regarding the same but it could not be passed from lok sabha. In the 1994 Supreme Court in the case of P. Ratinam [1] said that this section is cruel and irrational and also violative of Article 21 of the Constitution . But then in 1996 the Supreme [2] Court reversed from this stance and said that the Section is constitutionally valid and it should be present in the Statue Book. ...