“Law can be taken into hand if family is attacked: Supreme Court’”
What FACTLY found
In 2016, the Supreme Court acquitted two men, who were convicted for assaulting their neighbours. The court acquitted the men believing the act as done in self defence. In the context of section 97 of IPC, the apex court emphasised that ‘the appellants can legitimately claim right to use force once they saw their parents being assaulted’. However, back then, the media reported the news as the SC extending the boundaries of self defence and the viral news clip is also of one such misleading ne...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 24 July 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 28 July 2022, 4 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CgUbCyeqBa7/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=371492e7-4929-4243-96…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.