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“It Is Patriarchal And Sexist To Suggest That A Woman Can Not Be Believed When She States That She Was Raped, Merely For The Reason That She Is Sexually Active”: Hon’ble Supreme Court

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On 31st October 2022, in its recent judgement titled The State of Jharkhand versus Shailendra Kumar Rai @ Pandav Raidated (Criminal Appeal No 1441 of...
Opinion

Sexually Provocative Dress: Another essential for Sexual Harassment?

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As practitioners/students of law and justice, we are all well aware of Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Even those who are from...
Opinion

Marriage, Sex and Consent : The Split Verdict By Delhi High Court In Marital Rape Case

Avani Bansal
Nothing that is ‘imposed’, survives for too long. Marriage as an institution continues to exist, around the world, because a large majority of people ‘choose’...
Health Legal

Abortion Law in India: Not Quite There Yet

Mani Chander
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was approved by the upper house of the parliament and received presidential assent in March, 2021. Some...
Featured Legal

Indian Judiciary on Rape Cases

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Rape has been defined under Section 375 of the IPC (Indian Penal Code, 1860), which states that rape is said to have been committed when...
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9-Year-Old Dalit Girl Raped and Murdered in Delhi

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On 1st August 2021, a 9-year-old Delhi girl was found to be allegedly raped, murdered and cremated without her family’s consent. The Delhi Police Crime...
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No Entry for Men – Umoja Uaso: Kenya’s Women-Only Village

Srinivas Rayappa
Gender inequality is the blemish of the 21st century, a remnant of the past that the tide of time should have long washed away. It’s...