Vijayakumar v. State of T.N.

Supreme Court of India2026 INSC 525

Bench: Justice Surya Kant, Justice N.K. Singh

Chastity must be viewed through prism of woman's dignity, privacy and sexual autonomy under Article 21. Threatening to upload secretly recorded video of victim in naked state constitutes act to 'impute unchastity' under Section 506 Part II IPC. Non-recovery of device not fatal.