Wow, this is a fantastic ruling.
Not in any way different from what the prevailing opinion in this country was for about 150 years.
It’s actually Old Testament law, I believe.
It helped protect women from sexual predators.
I really don’t know much about precedent in Indian High Court rulings, but I suspect this would only apply in Tamil Nadu since it was a Madras High Court. Anyway, neither here nor there, most Indians consider TN to be very conservative.