The Rape Law And The Nirbhaya Rape Case

The rape laws found in India before 1983 were not stringent enough which used to lead to absurd judgements by the judges based on the laws available to them , many a times the accused were not held liable to commit any offence against the victim because of poor Evidence act and also the way rape was defined and also how the consent was taken into consideration in the announcement of the judgements , the age of consent kept could not get most of the victims any justice. The Mathura Rape case judgement was seen as the most absurd judgement and which also depicted clear need for new laws to be amended or at least a little expansion in the laws was needed so that the judgements can be in favour of the victims. Laws providing stringent punishment was also a necessity clearly to at least get the crime rate decrease. But even the new laws had some loopholes which ere discussed to be changed but not much were acted upon , until the 16 December,2012 Nirbhaya Rape case which called in a serious need for changes in the laws to make them more stringent for the people committing offences, the main question is as to how much the new amendments help in protecting women, as , it’s not only the laws that needs

Even after the changes in the laws and more stringent laws, Delhi continues to be the most unsafe city and also the reports show that the number of rapes went from 585 in 2012 to 1,441 in 2013. Delhi is said to be followed by Mumbai, Jaipur and Pune as most unsafe cities. If states are counted then in, 2013, Madhya Pradesh was revealed as the most rape cases recorded state among all other states with about 4,335 reported rape cases. It was followed by Rajasthan (3285), Maharashtra (3063) and Uttar Pradesh (3050). These stats also very well explain that the only changes in law cannot be of much help till the time society plans on changing their attitude towards