GENDER BIASED LAWS IN INDIA
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Present law in India requires only a male to be a criminal and only a woman to be a victim. T his specificity of gender leads to injustice because it does not include men / transgender as vi ctims.
They are remediless when rape or sexual assault is committed upon them. The law should be amended to include men/transgender as potential victims of the offences of rape and sexual assault. State is duty-bound to provide the right of equality to every citizen and such discrimination on the basis of gender of the person is highly unjustified. The arguments for and against shall determine the need for the same. The aspect of women being the perpetrator is analyzed as per the prevailing circumstances of the country and it is deduced that the current step required to achieve justice is that men / transgender should be included as victims of rape and sexual assault, and women should not be included in the category of offenders because it will cause outrage in society.
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