Technological Disadvantages Against Women: Evaluating India’s Legal And Judicial Framework
- IJLLR Journal
- Feb 18
- 1 min read
Dhruv Jayeshbhai Shah, Faculty of Law, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
ABSTRACT
The article examines how digital technologies in India simultaneously expand opportunities for women and intensify gendered vulnerabilities. It first traces the rise of technology facilitated violence against women, including cyberstalking, image-based abuse, deepfakes and financial scams, situating these harms within the digital gender divide and low levels of women’s digital literacy. It then analyses the constitutional foundations, statutory provisions under the Information Technology Act 2000 and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, and key judicial decisions such as Suhas Katti and Shreya Singhal to evaluate how far the existing legal and judicial framework responds to these harms. The discussion highlights persistent implementation gaps relating to underreporting, police capacity, platform governance and socio-cultural stigma, arguing that these convert formal safeguards into largely illusory protections. The article concludes by proposing doctrinal, institutional and platform level reforms aimed at realigning “Digital India” with constitutional commitments to equality, dignity and gender-just digital citizenship.
