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Ms. Eera through Dr. Manjula Krippendorf v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi) & Anr.

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Reported as [2017] 7 S.C.R. 924
Bench Dipak Misra and R. F. Nariman JJ.
Decided 21 July 2017

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid principles, the only conclusion that can be arrived at is that definition in Section 2( d) defining the term "age" cannot include mental age.

Judgment, page 65

From the headnote

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012: Object of its legislation - Discussed. (Per Dipak Misra, J.) s.2(d) - Age - Term 'age' does not include mental age - The Parliament felt it appropriate that the definition of the term "age" by chronological age or biological age to be the safest yardstick than referring to a person having mental retardation - It may be due to the fact that the standards of menta1 retardation are different and they require to be determined by an expert body - The degree is also different - By saying that "age" covers "mental age", has the potential to

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 7 referred to · 7 mentioned

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