“A woman’s choice to reproduce, abort or prevent pregnancy, deals with her body. It is she, who, by the virtue of her anatomy, undergoes the process eventually. It is her body. Its her right,” he said, adding “the choice has to be hers.”
Justice Sikri justified the judicial over-reach on issues relating to human rights, saying “ultimately it is the judiciary which is the interpreter of the law, having the final say in what the law is.”
Referring to the Visakha guidelines which laid down norms regarding women at workplaces, he said the courts have “stretched the boundaries, but there has been no criticism from other quarters.” The Guidelines were a set of procedural guidelines evolved by the apex court in cases of sexual harassment in workplace.
