Rape Laws
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South Asia favours tough rape laws – but must also eliminate its cultures of sexual violence
Harsh sanctions for perpetrators of rape will not be of much use if the system does not support survivors.
Ntasha Bhardwaj
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Supreme Court criticises West Bengal, Uttarakhand for naming rape complainants in affidavits
The top court has summoned the officials who filed the documents to the next hearing in the case to explain their mistake.
Scroll Staff
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Rape laws: Why is sexual violence against India’s transgender community not being taken seriously?
There is yet to be an effective legislation protecting the transgender community from sexual violence.
Ankita Ramgopal
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Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking to make rape, harassment, stalking gender-neutral
The bench called it an ‘imaginative petition’ and said the laws had ‘provisions for the protection of women and [were] in their favour’.
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Video: Five claims commonly made to argue against the criminalisation of marital rape
Three lawyers explain how the arguments are problematic.
Smitha Nair
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Centre defends law that protects a husband if he rapes his minor wife
The Supreme Court said the exception clause in the IPC only considers a man’s physical intercourse with a girl under the age of 15 rape.
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Just last year, Maneka Gandhi had condemned marital rape as unacceptable
The union minister contradicted her own views when she stated in Parliament that marital rape cannot be applied to the Indian context.
Aarefa Johari
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As government refuses to criminalise marital rape, laws on such assaults remain a muddle
On Wednesday, the minister of state for home affairs claimed that making marital rape a criminal offence would be unsuitable for India.
Aarefa Johari