![An Inter-Caste Rape Case in India Illustrates an Institutional Failure to Protect Dalit Women](https://www.jurist.org/commentary/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/07/People_in_Bangalore_protesting_rape_in_March_2009_1-1-1.jpg)
The brutal rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in India’s Uttar Pradesh (UP) region in September 2020 and the road leading to a subsequent verdict, raise questions about sex, caste, and class-based discrimination in India. The Hathras rape case, as it is colloquially known, clearly depicts the double discrimination faced by Dalit women. [...]