This Act attempts to provide protection of the rights of women, who are victims of violence of any kind occurring within the family or between people who live together and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. The safety of women is guaranteed under the Constitution. Violence includes harm, injures or dangers affectig the health, safety, […]
Within a human rights framework this bill discusses aspects of defining it, filing it and sentencing it. Protection of Women Against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2010 – As introduced in Lok Sabha (1)
Speaker took a moment to condemn the rise of sexual crimes toward women and children and to pray for the child’s speedy recovery. Lok Sabha Session Transcript – Speaker’s comments on gang-rape of 5 year old
Sushma Swaraj, leader of the opposition, speaks on the December 16th gang rape during zero hour and calls for capital punishment for those convicted. She adds that it is a shame that the chief minister, who is a woman, also sends out the message that women should not leave the house alone instead of improving […]
The present report concludes with stating that the existing laws, if faithfully and efficiently implemented, are sufficient to maintain law and order and to protect the safety and dignity of the people, particularly women, and to punish any offenders who commit any crime. However, besides, several improvements are urgent to guarantee efficacy and transparency. Last, […]
As the answer to the 2006 petition, filed by Laxmi – a victim of acid attacks- the Indian Commission for Law suggests the inclusion of acid attacks as a specific offense in the Indian Penal Code and a law for Compensation for Victims of Crime. They justify their actions by the growing number of acid […]
167th Report of Standing Committee on Home Affairs – The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2012 Following the recommendation of the Indian Law Commission, the ‘rape laws’ of India got revisited. The word rape is replaced by sexual assault and further there is a specific new law on acid attacks. Last, but not least, it got […]
This report on women in custody released in 1989 by the Indian Law Commission exposes the problem of sexual harassment of women in custody. Further, it proposes to revisit the Code of Criminal Procedure so that harassment and avoidable hardship can be prevented with the help of different proposed actions. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9wqvs5QNCItUEFkTVplWGthNDg/edit
The petition for improved rights for working women got accepted by the Indian Supreme Court and several actions have be set out for the future. Vishaka_&_Ors_vs_State_Of_Rajasthan_&_Ors_on_13_August,_1997
This petition, which was drafted in 1997, asks for better enforcement of gender equality at the working place. It was filed after a brutal gang rape of a female social worker in Rajasthan. It stated that the Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India are constantly violated and that there is a […]