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Compromise in Rape Cases: The Need for Gender Sensitization

Kiran Jonnalagadda from Bangalore, India, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Compromise in Rape Cases: The Need for Gender Sensitization

July 9, 2021 12:47:38 am

Recently, a week after lodging a complaint of sexual assault on a mentally challenged woman, preparations were made to get her married to the accused. This was due to an illegal arbitration between the families at the office of the Uthangarai Deputy Superintendent of Police. The victim and her family insisted on a compromise marriage [...]

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