Court seeks Govt's view on scrapping Section 399
Two lakh indians attempt suiicde every year out of which 274 repeatedly do so every of day. A majority of those who decide to end their lives are in their prime, below 44 years of age. Citing these figures a PIl before the delhi high court on wednesday sought the secriminalisation of attempt to suicide which is a criminal offence punishable with imprisonment. A bench of chief justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna has sought the government's response on what steps it has taken on similar recommendations made by the law comission of India in it's 2008 report.
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