A year ago, a group of sixteen Delhi-based lawyers from diverse backgrounds made a commitment to provide free legal services to disadvantaged children who have survived sexual abuse, through iProbono, an organization working towards access to justice. As the coordinators of this panel of lawyers, we...
Blogs tagged with: Sexual Offences
The recent gang rape in Delhi did not just bring about the of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013. It brought with it a mass outcry for the protection of women and their upliftment. It came with a call to extend the basic tenets of the constitution of equality, liberty and protection of life and ...
Loopholes in Rape Laws Law is meaningless when all men are good and useless when all men are bad. Fortunately or Unfortunately, Man is a mixture of the two which has necessitated the birth of law. Does it mean law is flawless because it happens to monitor, limit and control human behaviour to an est...
In response to http://laworlogic.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/the-age-of-consent/ and http://www.legallyindia.com/Blogs/Entry/is-it-laws-business-to-see-who-i-sleep-with In a 2007 study conducted by Ministry of Women and Child development, it was found that more than 53 % of children in India faced one ...