Photographs produced with the man’s bail application show the woman wearing “sexual (sic) provocative” dresses, the court order said, adding that based on the court’s first impression her complaint “will not stand” against the accused. It was also “impossible to believe” that the disabled man could have “violently” pulled the woman into his arms and “sexually pressed her breasts”, the court ruling said. CNN reached out to the man’s attorney, but had not heard back at the time of publication. The news sparked outrage in India, where women face widespread discrimination and allegations of sexual assault often suffer due to a lack of legal recourse and a notoriously slow legal system. Delhi Commission for Women president Swati Maliwal condemned the district judge and urged the Kerala High Court to take up the case. “When will the mindset that blames victims of sexual abuse change?” he tweeted on Wednesday. Vice-president Sanu, president of the Students’ Federation of India, called the judge’s comments “regressive”. “The logic of women inviting sexual assault for dressing is both victim blaming and invoking rape victim stereotypes,” she tweeted on Wednesday.
The problem of sexual assault in India
Sexual crimes against women are widespread in India, but violent cases of rape and assault are often poorly dealt with within the country’s justice system. In 2017, a Delhi High Court judge said a man deserved “the benefit of the doubt” while acquitting him of rape charges, adding that a “weak ‘no’” could still signal willingness on the part of an alleged victim . In another case in January 2021, a Bombay High Court judge found a 39-year-old man not guilty of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl as she had not removed her clothes, meaning there was no skin-to-skin contact. . “Considering the severe nature of the punishment provided for the offence, in the opinion of this court, stronger evidence and serious allegations are required,” the judge said. Legal reforms and tougher penalties for rape were introduced after the 2012 violent gang-rape of a medical student in Delhi — including fast-track courts to speed rape cases through the court system and a revised definition of rape to include anal and oral penetration . But activists and lawyers say more needs to be done to protect women. On Monday, 11 men sentenced to life in prison for the gang-rape of a pregnant Muslim woman during Hindu riots in 2002 were released on parole, drawing condemnation from the victim’s family, lawyers and politicians.
title: “Kerala India Sexual Assault Accuser Wore Provocative Clothes Judges Say Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-08” author: “Lula Wells”
Photographs produced with the man’s bail application show the woman wearing “sexual (sic) provocative” dresses, the court order said, adding that based on the court’s first impression her complaint “will not stand” against the accused. It was also “impossible to believe” that the disabled man could have “violently” pulled the woman into his arms and “sexually pressed her breasts”, the court ruling said. CNN reached out to the man’s attorney, but had not heard back at the time of publication. The news sparked outrage in India, where women face widespread discrimination and allegations of sexual assault often suffer due to a lack of legal recourse and a notoriously slow legal system. Delhi Commission for Women president Swati Maliwal condemned the district judge and urged the Kerala High Court to take up the case. “When will the mindset that blames victims of sexual abuse change?” he tweeted on Wednesday. Vice-president Sanu, president of the Students’ Federation of India, called the judge’s comments “regressive”. “The logic of women inviting sexual assault for dressing is both victim blaming and invoking rape victim stereotypes,” she tweeted on Wednesday.
The problem of sexual assault in India
Sexual crimes against women are widespread in India, but violent cases of rape and assault are often poorly dealt with within the country’s justice system. In 2017, a Delhi High Court judge said a man deserved “the benefit of the doubt” while acquitting him of rape charges, adding that a “weak ‘no’” could still signal willingness on the part of an alleged victim . In another case in January 2021, a Bombay High Court judge found a 39-year-old man not guilty of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl as she had not removed her clothes, meaning there was no skin-to-skin contact. . “Considering the severe nature of the punishment provided for the offence, in the opinion of this court, stronger evidence and serious allegations are required,” the judge said. Legal reforms and tougher penalties for rape were introduced after the 2012 violent gang-rape of a medical student in Delhi — including fast-track courts to speed rape cases through the court system and a revised definition of rape to include anal and oral penetration . But activists and lawyers say more needs to be done to protect women. On Monday, 11 men sentenced to life in prison for the gang-rape of a pregnant Muslim woman during Hindu riots in 2002 were released on parole, drawing condemnation from the victim’s family, lawyers and politicians.
title: “Kerala India Sexual Assault Accuser Wore Provocative Clothes Judges Say Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-03” author: “Katherine Roberts”
Photographs produced with the man’s bail application show the woman wearing “sexual (sic) provocative” dresses, the court order said, adding that based on the court’s first impression her complaint “will not stand” against the accused. It was also “impossible to believe” that the disabled man could have “violently” pulled the woman into his arms and “sexually pressed her breasts”, the court ruling said. CNN reached out to the man’s attorney, but had not heard back at the time of publication. The news sparked outrage in India, where women face widespread discrimination and allegations of sexual assault often suffer due to a lack of legal recourse and a notoriously slow legal system. Delhi Commission for Women president Swati Maliwal condemned the district judge and urged the Kerala High Court to take up the case. “When will the mindset that blames victims of sexual abuse change?” he tweeted on Wednesday. Vice-president Sanu, president of the Students’ Federation of India, called the judge’s comments “regressive”. “The logic of women inviting sexual assault for dressing is both victim blaming and invoking rape victim stereotypes,” she tweeted on Wednesday.
The problem of sexual assault in India
Sexual crimes against women are widespread in India, but violent cases of rape and assault are often poorly dealt with within the country’s justice system. In 2017, a Delhi High Court judge said a man deserved “the benefit of the doubt” while acquitting him of rape charges, adding that a “weak ‘no’” could still signal willingness on the part of an alleged victim . In another case in January 2021, a Bombay High Court judge found a 39-year-old man not guilty of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl as she had not removed her clothes, meaning there was no skin-to-skin contact. . “Considering the severe nature of the punishment provided for the offence, in the opinion of this court, stronger evidence and serious allegations are required,” the judge said. Legal reforms and tougher penalties for rape were introduced after the 2012 violent gang-rape of a medical student in Delhi — including fast-track courts to speed rape cases through the court system and a revised definition of rape to include anal and oral penetration . But activists and lawyers say more needs to be done to protect women. On Monday, 11 men sentenced to life in prison for the gang-rape of a pregnant Muslim woman during Hindu riots in 2002 were released on parole, drawing condemnation from the victim’s family, lawyers and politicians.
title: “Kerala India Sexual Assault Accuser Wore Provocative Clothes Judges Say Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-16” author: “Jean Jones”
Photographs produced with the man’s bail application show the woman wearing “sexual (sic) provocative” dresses, the court order said, adding that based on the court’s first impression her complaint “will not stand” against the accused. It was also “impossible to believe” that the disabled man could have “violently” pulled the woman into his arms and “sexually pressed her breasts”, the court ruling said. CNN reached out to the man’s attorney, but had not heard back at the time of publication. The news sparked outrage in India, where women face widespread discrimination and allegations of sexual assault often suffer due to a lack of legal recourse and a notoriously slow legal system. Delhi Commission for Women president Swati Maliwal condemned the district judge and urged the Kerala High Court to take up the case. “When will the mindset that blames victims of sexual abuse change?” he tweeted on Wednesday. Vice-president Sanu, president of the Students’ Federation of India, called the judge’s comments “regressive”. “The logic of women inviting sexual assault for dressing is both victim blaming and invoking rape victim stereotypes,” she tweeted on Wednesday.
The problem of sexual assault in India
Sexual crimes against women are widespread in India, but violent cases of rape and assault are often poorly dealt with within the country’s justice system. In 2017, a Delhi High Court judge said a man deserved “the benefit of the doubt” while acquitting him of rape charges, adding that a “weak ‘no’” could still signal willingness on the part of an alleged victim . In another case in January 2021, a Bombay High Court judge found a 39-year-old man not guilty of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl as she had not removed her clothes, meaning there was no skin-to-skin contact. . “Considering the severe nature of the punishment provided for the offence, in the opinion of this court, stronger evidence and serious allegations are required,” the judge said. Legal reforms and tougher penalties for rape were introduced after the 2012 violent gang-rape of a medical student in Delhi — including fast-track courts to speed rape cases through the court system and a revised definition of rape to include anal and oral penetration . But activists and lawyers say more needs to be done to protect women. On Monday, 11 men sentenced to life in prison for the gang-rape of a pregnant Muslim woman during Hindu riots in 2002 were released on parole, drawing condemnation from the victim’s family, lawyers and politicians.
title: “Kerala India Sexual Assault Accuser Wore Provocative Clothes Judges Say Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-02” author: “Crystal Freeman”
Photographs produced with the man’s bail application show the woman wearing “sexual (sic) provocative” dresses, the court order said, adding that based on the court’s first impression her complaint “will not stand” against the accused. It was also “impossible to believe” that the disabled man could have “violently” pulled the woman into his arms and “sexually pressed her breasts”, the court ruling said. CNN reached out to the man’s attorney, but had not heard back at the time of publication. The news sparked outrage in India, where women face widespread discrimination and allegations of sexual assault often suffer due to a lack of legal recourse and a notoriously slow legal system. Delhi Commission for Women president Swati Maliwal condemned the district judge and urged the Kerala High Court to take up the case. “When will the mindset that blames victims of sexual abuse change?” he tweeted on Wednesday. Vice-president Sanu, president of the Students’ Federation of India, called the judge’s comments “regressive”. “The logic of women inviting sexual assault for dressing is both victim blaming and invoking rape victim stereotypes,” she tweeted on Wednesday.
The problem of sexual assault in India
Sexual crimes against women are widespread in India, but violent cases of rape and assault are often poorly dealt with within the country’s justice system. In 2017, a Delhi High Court judge said a man deserved “the benefit of the doubt” while acquitting him of rape charges, adding that a “weak ‘no’” could still signal willingness on the part of an alleged victim . In another case in January 2021, a Bombay High Court judge found a 39-year-old man not guilty of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl as she had not removed her clothes, meaning there was no skin-to-skin contact. . “Considering the severe nature of the punishment provided for the offence, in the opinion of this court, stronger evidence and serious allegations are required,” the judge said. Legal reforms and tougher penalties for rape were introduced after the 2012 violent gang-rape of a medical student in Delhi — including fast-track courts to speed rape cases through the court system and a revised definition of rape to include anal and oral penetration . But activists and lawyers say more needs to be done to protect women. On Monday, 11 men sentenced to life in prison for the gang-rape of a pregnant Muslim woman during Hindu riots in 2002 were released on parole, drawing condemnation from the victim’s family, lawyers and politicians.
