New Delhi, June 25 -- A Delhi court has upheld the dismissal of an application filed by the husband, seeking preservation of a woman's call detail records (CDRs), observing that merely speaking to someone over the phone at late-night hours cannot, by itself, cast doubt on a woman's character or justify an invasion of her privacy.

Additional Sessions Judge (FTC) South District, Saket Courts, while dismissing a criminal appeal challenging the trial court's order, held that any direction to preserve a person's call records amounts to an interference with the fundamental right to privacy and, therefore, can only be granted when supported by specific and reasonable grounds.

The appeal arose from an order of the Mahila Court rejecting an appl...