Failing Nirbhaya: Lessons from the ten years of the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2013
Though the 2013 amendments to criminal laws recognised new offences like stalking and increased punishments for many sexual offences, it has failed to tackle sexual and gender-based violence, due to acts of omission and commission by police and courts. From dealing with such systemic biases to tackling intimate partner violence, many issues remain unaddressed
This opinion was published in Moneycontrol on March 23, 2023.
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Neha Singhal was a Senior Resident Fellow and led work in the area of Criminal Justice, and is researching on the criminalisation of drug use in India. She has authored the report titled “From Addict to Convict - The Working of The NDPS Act in Punjab”. She was the Deputy Director of the Death Penalty Research Project at NLU, Delhi. She has also taught courses on legal history and humanitarian law at NLU, Delhi, She graduated from the National Law School of India University in 2008 and completed her Masters in Criminal Justice from the University of Kent, Canterbury in 2010.
Naveed is Senior Resident Fellow and Lead with the Crime and Punishment Team at Vidhi. His work focuses on decriminalisation of India's legislative landscape and reimagining India's approach towards Crime & Punishment. Previously, Naveed has worked on criminalisation of drug use and evaluated the government response to increasing violence against women. Naveed holds an undergraduate degree in law from National University of Law, Punjab and a Masters in Law from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.