produced to show that cabaret dances cannot exceed any particular limits of decency or morality or any standards are being maintained ... obscenity may be flexible because Society can never be static. Conceptions of decency and morality may be different from place to place, from time
also in violation of all sense of propriety and decency. It is also argued that there is violation of the provisions of Section ... appellant, the search so conducted violates all sense of propriety, decency and basis human rights. According to him, it should have been done inside
Civil
and Political Rights, makes any change in the prevailing
standards of decency and human dignity. The International
Covenant does not outlaw capital punishment ... death penalty for the offence of murder. The
prevailing standards of human decency are also incompatible
with death penalty. The standards of human decency with
Code for alleged punitive
prurience moral depravity and shocking erosion of public
decency of the film Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram, the
Metropolitan Magistrate recorded the statement ... given time and
clime, so breaches public morals or depraves basic decency
as to offend the penal provisions. A view of the film may
tell
State; (iii) friendly relations with foreign State; (iv) public order; (v) decency or morality; (vi) contempt of Court; (vii) defamation and (viii) incitement ... section is conceived in the interest of public order or morality or decency and the restrictions placed is held to be reasonable
inflict death as
painless and certain as hanging but "with greater decency and without the degrading
and barbarous association with which hanging is tainted ... international opinion, modern penological theories and evolving standards
of human decency. The standard of human decency with reference to death punishment
is required
search shall be made by another
female with strict regard to decency. The empowered officer
must, therefore, act in the manner provided by Section ... violative of the
basic right of a female to be treated with decency and
proper dignity. The provisions of Sections
search shall be made by another
female with strict regard to decency. The empowered officer
must, therefore, act in the manner provided by Section ... violative of the
basic right of a female to be treated with decency and
proper dignity. The provisions of Sections
time so as to be in tune with the evolving standards of decency in a maturing society.
13. The learned Solicitor-General, Shri Soli Sorabji ... security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, decency or morality, or in relation to contempt of court, defamation or incitement
security of the State, friendly
relations with foreign States, public order,
decency or morality, or in relation to
contempt of court, defamation or incitement ... slander, defamation, contempt of 'Court or any
matter which offends against decency or
morality or which undermines the security of
or tends to overthrow
