Why legal experts are criticising new clause to punish sex by false promises

Clause 69 of the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita infantilises women and runs the risk of further criminalising interfaith relationships, experts say.

Tabassum Barnagarwala

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Vineet Bhalla

· Aug 18, 2023 · 06:30 am

In Trump trial, his legal team used discredited myth about how women should react to rape

The former president was held guilty of sexually abusing and defaming journalist E Jean Carroll.

Anne P DePrince, The Conversation

· May 10, 2023 · 09:30 pm

Not just Hadiya: Indian courts have had a long problem accepting women’s free choices

Reflecting a societal attitude that infantalises women, courts often fail to see them as full citizens, lawyers note.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Dec 04, 2017 · 10:30 am

Isolating a menstruating woman will soon be a punishable offence in Nepal

The law recommends a three-month jail sentence or fine of Rs 2,000, or both.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 10, 2017 · 02:39 pm

What the paltry number of senior women advocates reveals about India's legal culture

Sixty-year-old human rights lawyer Gayatri Singh in May became only the second woman to get this distinction from the Bombay High Court in the past nine years, versus 21 men.

Bhavya Dore

· Jul 22, 2015 · 11:30 am