Supreme Court: BNSS Removed Discriminatory Provision of CrPC Section Which Says Only Male Family Members Can Accept Summons

[Educator]

The Writ Petition under Article 32 challenged the constitutional validity of Section 64 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 on the ground that it was discriminatory against women by disabling them from accepting summons on behalf of the persons summoned. {Para 1}2 Similar grievances have been made before this Court earlier.3. Parliament, while enacting the Bhartiya Nagarik