New Delhi, June 3 (UNI) Supreme Court's vacation bench on Saturday stayed the Allahabad High Court's order directing the Head of Department (Astrology Department), Lucknow University to determine if an alleged rape victim was a Mangalik or not after the accused refused to marry her on such grounds.
A two-judge vacation bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and also comprising Justice Pankaj Mithal passed the order today on the rape victim/ complainant's plea.
"How did the Allahabad High Court enter into this astrology area, here? Astrology is a science, no doubt. But we do not understand this, why is this astrology report called for? We stay the order and ask the HC to decide bail plea on merit," the Supreme Court's two-judge vacation bench in its order today said.