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Women’s Day: Domestic violence against women is still rampant, despite new legislation

An excerpt from ‘Combating Domestic Violence”, by Flavia Agnes, Rajini R Menon and Amita Pitre’, from ‘Her Right to Equality’.

Flavia Agnes
,
Rajini R Menon
&
Amita Pitre
· Mar 08, 2021 · 08:30 am
With adultery verdict, SC reiterates that marital fidelity cannot be enforced with a police lathi

The law presumed that the body of a woman belonged to her husband after marriage. It deemed the wife incapable of making choices about her sexual desires.

Flavia Agnes
· Sep 28, 2018 · 10:30 am
India has no reason to retain its archaic adultery law – but will the Supreme Court strike it down?

Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code merely protects male privilege within marriage, not the sanctity of marriage.

Flavia Agnes
· Jul 24, 2018 · 08:00 am

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