Category: Crimes against Women & Children
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Between Protection and Autonomy: Proposing a Two-Tier Age of Consent Model for India
[This Article has been authored by Avantika Kakran, a penultimate year student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow.] Introduction In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court has suggested bringing a Romeo-Juliet clause into the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (The act) to exempt adolescents who engage in consensual sexual…
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Migration Contract: Analyzing NRI Marriages in Punjab
[This Article has been authored by Saloni Rani, a student at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab.] Introduction Marriage, according to the Hindu Marriage Law, is a sacramental union between two souls. But this layman’s understanding of marriage has, in the contemporary era, taken another shape, evolving towards selfishness, materialistic and monetary beneficial union. The author seeks to…
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From Tukaram to BNS: Critical Gaps in Indian Rape Law and the Myth of Legislative Reform
[This Article has been authored by Rea Agrawal, a student at RMLNLU.] Introduction Recently, a video clip featuring K. R. Ramesh Kumar has gone viral. The clip shows the Congress MLA saying “when rape is inevitable, lie down and enjoy it” in the Karnataka Assembly. This statement has garnered widespread outrage because the remark comes…
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Bodily Autonomy and the Public Gaze: A Call to De-Spatialize Voyeurism
[This Article has been authored by Tanisha Mitra, a 2nd year BA. LL.B (Hons.) student at Hidayatullah National Law University.] Introduction: From Private Acts to Public Harm Today, we are living in a digital world where privacy is an inalienable right that gives true meaning to human existence. An act, whether in public or in seclusion,…
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Beyond Homes: Expanding Domestic Violence to Encompass Online Abuse by Intimate Partners
[This Article is authored by Anubhuti Singh, 2nd Year student at Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow.] Evolving Dimensions of Domestic Violence: From Physical to Digital Realms The Indian law’s traditional understanding of domestic abuse has revolved around marks of physical injury, dowry violence, and male cruelty towards wives. Section 498A of the…
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Less Lust, Less Crime?
[This Article is authored by Tanya Sara George, a 4th year student at Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai] Introduction Recently, a PIL was filed in the Supreme Court, requesting that chemical castration be legalised as a mode of punishment for sexual offences. Chemical castration is the treatment of sexual offenders with drugs to reduce their libidinous…
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Between Sunset and Sunrise: The Twilight of Women’s Custodial Rights in India
[This Article is authored by Vanshika Gupta, a 2nd year law student in National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU)] Deconstructing the Judiciary’s Directory Interpretation and Its Impact on Women’s Custodial Protection under §43(5) of BNSS. Introduction India has witnessed grave human rights violations in the form of Custodial violence for a long time now. The…
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Why Talaq-e-Hasan Cannot Survive Constitutional Scrutiny
[This Article has been authored by Priyal Jain, Student, National Law University Odisha.] Introduction Banazeer Heena, a young journalist, and a mother of a four-year-old child filed writ petition in the Supreme Court of India in 2022, challenging the constitutionality of the talaq-e-hasan. She challenged Section 2 of the Muslim Personal Law Application Act, 1937 and…
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Re: Privacy of Adolescents: Two-Tiered Vortex of Myopia?
[This article is authored by S.V. Ghopesh, a Student at Tamil Nadu National Law University] Introduction The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) has been subject to immense focus in contemporary times, with the issue of consensual sexual activity among adolescents currently barred by the law occupying the limelight, with the focus being…
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