The Delhi gangrape case of December 2012 triggered the government's proposed new anti-rape law. The Cabinet is likely to take up the new law on Tuesday. But consensus has eluded the government specifically on clauses relating to the use of the term 'rape', voyeurism, and reducing the age of consent from 18 to 16 years. ...
08:36 AM, Mar 12, 2013
Is the govt sponsored anti-rape Bill good enough? Activist and former Miss India Gul Panag joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
06:46 PM, Mar 11, 2013
Why is the govt dismissive of marital rape? Women's rights activist and founder of Blank Noise Jasmeen Patheja joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
08:01 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Why is the government not willing to include marital rape in the new anti-rape Bill? Advocate Mihira Sood joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
06:59 PM, Mar 06, 2013
The Cabinet is likely to finalise tough new laws on crimes against women with a new Criminal Law Amendment Bill this Thursday. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the age of consent for sex is likely to be reduced from 18 to 16 as suggested by the Justice Verma panel. ...
07:58 AM, Mar 06, 2013
The government is reportedly finalising the changes to the Criminal Law Amendment Bill and sources say that it has decided to lower the age of consent for sex from 18 years to 16 years. Also, acid attack and stalking will be considered sexual crimes, the sources said. Sources added that the new note also brings back the word 'rape' instead of 'sexual assault'. The ordinance had used the word 'sexual...
08:36 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Women's rights activist Sucheta De shared her perspective on how the parliamentary panel's support to the govt on the decision to leave marital rape out of the legal framework will affect the quest for gender equity. ...
07:02 PM, Mar 04, 2013
How important and relevant is inclusion of marital rape in the govt ordinance? Women's rights activist Ranjana Kumari joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
06:27 PM, Feb 07, 2013
How does the exclusion of marital rape from the govt ordinance impede the women's rights movement in India? All India Students' Association's National secretary Sucheta De joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
06:54 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Is exclusion of the marital rape clause from the govt ordinance acceptable? Civil rights activist Binalakshmi Nepram joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
01:57 PM, Feb 06, 2013
In the State Of The Nation survey on safety of women as part of CNN-IBN's Agenda for Change, the majority says that a woman who is raped is not only ruined for life but also that women should abide by a certain dress code in public. More than 70 per cent men as well as women think that their relatives will react in a supporting manner if he/she faces and...
10:08 PM, Jan 24, 2013
The Justice JS Verma Committee rejected the suggestion of chemical castration of rapists as it considered handing down such a punishment would violate human rights and that mutilation of the body is not permitted under the Constitution. ...
10:37 PM, Jan 23, 2013
A month after the brutal Delhi gangrape and murder, the Justice Verma Committee submitted its recommendations to check crimes against women on Wednesday. The report has suggested changes in an entire gamut of laws to bring speedier justice for crimes against women. ...
04:38 PM, Jan 23, 2013
The film touches upon an important issue ...
03:32 PM, Mar 26, 2010
A new Shiite family law has legalised marital rape. ...
02:50 PM, Apr 17, 2009
The law is apparently to appease the country's Shia minority. ...
03:08 PM, Apr 04, 2009
