Rape laws in India

Protection of the Rapist and the Molester in Neoliberal India

Why does there continue to be a disconnect between sexual assault and punishment of the perpetrator in India? We must recognise the potent nexus of political power, caste superiority, and muscle…
▶20-Feb-2024
Ranjana Padhi

Criminalising Marital Rape in India

The judiciary's disinclination to criminalise marital rape flows from a vertical approach to constitutional rights, which fosters a public-private divide to the disadvantage of women. A…
▶31-Jul-2023
Swarati Sabhapandit

'Collective Conscience'

To cite the doctrine of ‘collective conscience’ to justify capital punishment as for the convicted rapists in the Nirbhaya case is to reduce justice to revenge and bloodlust.
▶02-Mar-2020
Aurif Muzafar