Rape Laws That Empower The Women Of India

Surabhi Singh, LL.B (Hons), Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

ABSTRACT

To improve the circumstances that women confront today, numerous laws about the status of women have been passed both in India and on a global scale. These laws also aim to reduce the number of crimes committed against women. The number of crimes and atrocities committed against women is rising daily, yet they are still under control. In truth, man's ability to rule the weaker sex in all spheres of society has been aided by nature. The denigration of women is caused by a variety of variables, including social, psychological, and political ones. This paper aims to highlight the case laws and legal provisions that help in administering justice to women who fall victim to being raped. I have also attempted to examine the rape laws in India and the difficulties in their execution in the research paper that follows. To lessen the suffering of the victim, I have tried to determine the extent of future legal revisions. Though our judiciary may currently be dispensing what is known as gender justice, my claim that it lacks a gender-sensitive approach still stands. The victim no longer receives justice without having to endure significant humiliation, and since it is believed that "justice delayed is justice denied," our judicial system must choose to expedite the process by all means.

Keywords: Rape, Violence, Women, Sex, Laws, Crimes