Related to the 1986 Act, which prohibited indecent representation of women in advertisement or in publications, writings, paintings, figures or similar. This document suggests an inclusion of more recent forms of media, like the internet. Press release from Standing Committee on HRD on Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2012
Among the points that alliance of women’s groups from Gujarat raise the question of the definition of rape and demand for a more broad and encompassing one and call it sexual assault. Also they stress the role of marital rape here, but also they problematize outdated wording in general . Further, they demand gender specific […]
WRAG, a non-profit organisation from Mumbai is bringing up issues of ‘strong law’ and stringent punishment, including support for a capital punishment and chemical castration. All of the mentioned is rejected by them as they would not lead to structural change and therefore prevention. Still, they suggest Amendments in law, more transparency, more accountability of […]
JVC Report – Chapter 9 – SEntencing and Punishment In the ninth chapter of the report, the committee is dealing with the problem on how to sentence sexual violence. It starts off by discussing the widespread fear of too low punishment for rapists, which leads to an analysis of life imprisonment and the death […]
This committee was established in December 2012 to provide faster trials and enhanced punishment in rape cases. One year later the committee published this report. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9wqvs5QNCItanNfd0l2cEppZ3M/edit
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 […]
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
In 1952 a petition was submitted, which hold that the ‘Abducted Persons Act’ of 1949 was unconstitutional. It was initiated on the ground of cases of especially Muslim minors, who got separated from their families in the times of partition in 1947. The petition, however, was dismissed by the Supreme Court of India. The_State_Of_Punjab_vs_Ajaib_Singh_And_Another_on_10_November,_1952
Court document about petition led by Ajaib Singh Lehna Singh vs The State Of Punjab. It discusses in how far the Abducted Persons Act (Recovery and Restoration) of 1949 is inconsistent with or violative of the Constitution of India. The petition was initiated by the arrest of Mst. Mukhtiar Kaur. She was transported to the […]