Tag: rape
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Juvenile Justice Act 2015: A Ground-breaking Adoption or a Dicey Alteration
By Anjana Mohan, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. After years of constant discussion and arguments on whether to replace the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and giving an apt description to who is a child and how can a child in conflict be tried under different scenarios of committing heinous crimes after the…
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The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013:Practically impactful or just impressive on paper?
By Shruti Sharma, Campus Law Centre, Delhi University. RAPE- An offence which is defined under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. It is punishable under Section 376 of the same with maximum punishment, which may extend up to life imprisonment plus fine. Rape is considered as the fourth most common crime against women in India.…
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Violence against Women
By Vaishali Mahlyan, University Institute of Law and Management Studies. Violence against women in India is an issue which is rooted in the norm of our society. Male dominating society, law favoring men, inadequate policing and judicial practices deny female victims proper protection and justice. We assume that with increasing participation of women in public life and…
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Marital Rape Law in India
By Kartavi Satyarthi, National Law University, Jodhpur. “…… Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution…..” ~ British philosopher and political activist Bertrand Russell Rape per se is an offence against women, violating her dignity and self-respect and…
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Marital Rape: The Indian Scenario
By Aparna Menon, Government Law College, Mumbai. Marital rape, a contemporary term which means sexual perversion extended by the husband on to his wife without her consent in the due course of their legal marriage. It is non consensual intercourse obtained by the man with his wife through force, threat of force, violence in case…
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Capital Punishment: Justice or Revenge?
By Bhanu Chopra, Government Law College, Mumbai. “The penalty of death differs from all other forms of criminal punishment, not in degree but in kind. It is unique in its total irrevocability. It is unique in its rejection of rehabilitation of the convict as a basic purpose of criminal justice. And it is unique, finally, in…
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Orchestra of “Women Apathy”
By Debayan Roy, Legal Practitioner, Law Graduate (AKK New Law Academy- 2009-2014). As the ‘nukkad natak’ of government officials continued, Leslee Udwin’s riveting tale of a girl shredded into pieces of mortified horror received a standing ovation at New York. Is it just the West who celebrates every form of creativity throttled within India or…
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Rohtak Gang Rape: Beyond the Outrage and the Law
By Aishwarya Dhakarey, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. “Being disabled should not mean being disqualified from having access to every aspect of life.” -Emma Thompson We all have read about incidents wherein a woman after being raped turned into a schizophrenic or developed some mental abnormality. What about victims who were already suffering from some mental ailment? Anything…
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Horrors of Rape Examination in India: The Controversial Two Finger Test
By Neelanjana Paul, KLE Society’s Law College, Bangalore. A lot of things can be done with two fingers. Eat, Whistle, Write, even the sign for Victory. But what definitely should not be done is to test someone for rape. For a rape survivor, it is a never ending nightmare which entails as the investigation is carried on.…