The Supreme Court on Saturday stayed an Allahabad High Court order, which sought the help of the Astrology Department of University of Lucknow, to decide if a woman was “Mangalik“ (person with Mangala Dosha in their horoscope).
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad HC had passed the order while hearing the bail application of a man accused of raping the woman on pretext of marriage. The accused had told the court that he could not marry her because she is a Mangalik. However, the counsel of the victim had denied she had the Dosha.
Taking suo motu cognisance of the matter, the Vacation Bench of the SC, comprising Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Pankaj Mithal, in a special sitting observed that the HC order was “totally out of context”.
