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Flavia Agnes

Flavia Agnes is a regular Scroll.in contributor

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
Death penalty for child rapists: This populist move will only cause India’s children more harm

With its ordinance, the government hopes to silence the protests that followed the Kathua and Unnao cases.

Flavia Agnes
· Apr 23, 2018 · 12:30 pm

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