Gender And Law
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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 & Vineet Bhalla
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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
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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
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Readers’ comments: Article on South Asia’s view of India is ‘horribly biased’
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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Ramachandra Guha: How Narendra Modi has undermined the practice of science in India
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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
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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