Maligning a woman’s character without substance is a form of social violence: Kerala HC| India News
Kochi, The Kerala High Court has observed that maligning the character of a woman without any substance is a “pernicious form of social violence”. Maligning a woman’s character without substance is a form of social violence: Kerala HC It also observed that when a society focuses more on a woman’s image than her achievements, “it exposes its own intellectual poverty”. The observations by Justice C S Dias came while quashing the FIR registered against Malayalam film actor Shwetha Menon for allegedly publishing or transmitting obscene scenes of some of her past movies and advertisements. The High Court said that it finds force in the actor’s claim that the complaint was filed with the sole intention of stalling her from contesting for the post of President in the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists, that too on the eve of withdrawal of nominations. “The timing of the filing of the complaint strongly indicates its mala fide and vexatious nature,” it said while allowing her plea seeking quashing of the FIR. The court also held that on an …