On 1st July 2024, India adopted a new official criminal code, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which replaced the colonial-era Indian Penal Code (IPC, 1860). Here is an overview of laws about rape in BNS.
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The New MTP Act Amendment: Is It ‘For Keeps?’ The 2021 Amendment of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (1971) was recently passed in the Rajya Sabha on 16 March 2021 and by the Lok Sabha on 17 March 2020. The amendment boasts of providing women with safe and legal abortion services on therapeutic, eugenic, humanitarian, or social grounds.
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Rights for the Right Life “You’re a girl!’’ is probably a phrase a girl will spend listening to at each stage of her life if she is born in India. At times, she will be denied basic resources or sometimes presumed to settle for less. She could be stopped by societal barriers or simply forced
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