{"id":49679,"date":"2017-09-04T04:44:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T23:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=49679"},"modified":"2017-09-04T04:44:54","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T23:14:54","slug":"calling-woman-chammakchallo-amounts-insulting-modesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/calling-woman-chammakchallo-amounts-insulting-modesty","title":{"rendered":"Calling woman &#8220;chammakchallo&#8221; amounts to insulting her modesty"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_49357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49357\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"49357\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/press-doesnt-exclusive-right-criticise-anyone-court\/right-to-criticise\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"right to criticise\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-49357 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Calling woman &quot;chammakchallo&quot; amounts to insulting her modesty\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calling woman &#8220;chammakchallo&#8221; amounts to insulting her modesty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The use of the Hindi word &#8220;chhammakchhallo&#8221; may seem cool in a Bollywood song, but its use in real life can land you in legal trouble.<\/p>\n<p>A court in Thane has held that the use of the word amounts to &#8220;insulting a woman&#8217;s modesty&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, the word was part of a hit song in the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer &#8220;Ra.one&#8221; RPT &#8220;Ra.One&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A magistrate last week sentenced a city resident to simple imprisonment &#8220;till the court rises&#8221; for the offence and imposed a fine of Rs 1 on him.<\/p>\n<p>One of accused&#8217;s neighbours had dragged him to the court.<\/p>\n<p>According to the woman&#8217;s complaint, on January 9, 2009, while returning from a morning walk with her husband, she stumbled on a garbage bin which the accused had kept on the staircase.<\/p>\n<p>The accused yelled at the couple, and, among other things, called the woman &#8220;chhammakchhallo&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Finding it very offensive, the woman approached police, but the police refused to register a complaint. So she moved the court.<\/p>\n<p>Eight years later, Judicial Magistrate R T Ingale upheld her case, saying that the accused had indeed committed an offence under section 509 of IPC (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a Hindi word. There is no word for it in English.<\/p>\n<p>The said word is to be understood in the Indian society by its use. Generally this word is used to insult a woman. It is not a word for appreciating&#8230;.it causes irritation and anger to any woman,&#8221; the magistrate said in his order.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The use of the Hindi word &#8220;chhammakchhallo&#8221; may seem cool in a Bollywood song, but its use in real life can land you in legal trouble. A court in Thane has held that the use of the word amounts to &#8220;insulting a woman&#8217;s modesty&#8221;. 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