Sociologists warn against reading the reaction to the encounter killing of the four rape accused men as a ‘universal acceptance of extrajudicial killings’, but irresponsible media coverage and bloodthirsty public figures are making the situation worse. In 2012, the Delhi gang-rape case led to a nation-wide debate on death penalty for rapists, and a change […]
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Why Politicians And Bureaucrats Forget SC Guidelines Not To Disclose Identity Of Rape Victim?
Senior politicians and bureaucrats seem to have given the go-by to the Supreme Court’s guidelines not to disclose the identity of rape victims. Four days after the brutal gang-rape and murder of a woman veterinarian on the city outskirts, there was visible outrage from different walks of life. Cutting across party lines, several politicians condemned […]