High Court order probe into Sushmita Sen’s remarks on chastity

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court today directed a judicial magistrate to inquire into a complaint filed against Sushmita Sen for allegedly making “obscene and derogatory comments” on chastity in October 2006.

Setting aside a lower court order dismissing a complaint by an advocate seeking police action against Sen, a former Miss Universe, Justice A Selvam directed that the inquiry be held for offences under various sections of Indecent Representation of Women Act 1986 and Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act 1856 among others.

The judge rejected the contention that there was no basic material for the allegations made against the 33-year-old actress.

The petitioner, S Greesh Kumar, had alleged that Sen’s comments aired by all prominent English news channels on Oct 6, 2006 and also carried by a Tamil daily, had “degraded” the moral fabric of India.