Many cases of crimes against women go unreported in India due to stigma surrounding sexual violence, as well as a lack of faith in the police. Women’s rights activists say the problem is particularly acute in rural areas, where the community sometimes shames victims of sexual assault and f...
Of 24,206 Rape Cases in India, 7% in StateKulkarni, Dhaval
And experts warn that the number of cases recorded are just a small fraction of what may be the real number, in a deeply patriarchal country where shame and stigma surround rape victims and their families. Perhaps India’s most infamous case in recent years was the 2012 gang-rape of a med...
The colonial government, vide amendment to the Age of Consent Act, 1861 raised the age of consent from ten to twelve years in both marital and extra-marital cases, with the intention of protecting female children from such immature cohabitation and prostitution in the future. However, when the...
Comments 0 Articles , Rape Articles March 23, 2024 Burden of Proof in Rape Cases | #FalseRape Accusation and Defence A lot of people imagine and believe that in Rape cases the burden of proof is on the accused and the statement of the girl is taken as Gospel’s truth. This kind of...
1. India: Life imprisonment to death sentence After the Anti Rape Bill of April 2013, culprits are liable to life imprisonment (which is actually 14 years), imprisonment for entire life and even the death sentence in the rarest of rare cases. The amendment also expanded to include a lot ...
the alleged brutal gang rape and torture of a young woman that included her being paraded through the streets of Dehli. Also in 2022, a police officer in India was arrested after beingaccused of rapinga 13-year-old girl who went to his station to report she had been gang-raped.In ...
In 2012, the gang rape and killing of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus galvanized massive protests across India. It inspired lawmakers to order harsher penalties for such crimes, as well as the creation of fast-track courts dedicated to rape cases. The go...
#India's#RapeScandal: PBS FRONTLINE correspondent Ramita Navai investigates a wave of shocking rape cases in India — some of them drawing in politicians from the country’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party#BJP#Modi#crime#Hindutvahttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/indias-rape-scandal/?utm_so...
Articles,rape,Rape Articles March 4, 2024 What is POCSO act and how is it interpreted by Indian Courts Pocso Act And Its Operation To deal with child sexual abuse cases, the Government has brought in a particular law, namely, The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 201...