Fixing the Blind Spot
Millennium Post Kolkata
|Kolkata 27March2025
The Supreme Court must be credited for doing the due i.e., taking suo motu cognisance of Allahabad High Court's decision ordering a POCSO court to alter the offence of rape in a case into that of "assaulting or abusing with an intent to disrobe or compel her to be naked".
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The offence of rape in India has gendered overtones and is surrounded by profound taboo. Formulation of stricter laws over the past decade have, to a great extent, forced judges to set a high threshold—mostly incongruent and unjustified—for punishing persons under rape laws. This, however, is just one factor. Other factors including regressive mindsets and paternal bias etched in the Indian psyche can not be written off under any circumstance.
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