With no victim support and protection systems in place, the field is open for the accused to threaten, intimidate, and pressurize the victim to retract.
The clause of the Indian Penal Code that allowed intercourse with married girls between 15 and 18 years was rendered irrelevant by POCSO Act before this decision.
Driving an electric vehicle for months, the Hyundai IONIQ5, BMW iX and now the Kia Carens Clavis electric, has convinced me of the viability of EVs for city and mid-range commutes.
With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
Just read about the eleven year old victim from Surat. When her body was found, her tears had frozen. The other parts are too graphic to recount. Ask her parents what the quantum of punishment should be. Must confess that when I sometimes read about a child rapist caught right after the act being lynched by an infuriated mob, feel no nostalgia for the rule of law. How can someone violate a four month old baby and then kill her, as happened in Indore. Most of us cannot understand what goes through the mind of people who commit such crimes. These do not belong to a civilised, God fearing society. So if some drastic, almost Sharia style punishment becomes the order of the day, we should not be surprised.
Sadly, its mob psychology in this case of demands for death penalty. Sounds so populist and full of appeasement. The reactions are all full of emotionality, devoid of any rationality. So unfortunately its the number that counts and not the substance. As if death penalty is a magic wand that would remove the ill of sexual abuse and rape. Why can individuals not think of working hard in influencing positively the society and its sick mindset? The later demands devotion, commitment and innovative approaches to deal with the society. While death penalty is entirely an easy option which most like to adopt without realizing the back lash. Only after the damage is done that the governance and those thirsty of blood wood realize when it would be too late.
Just read about the eleven year old victim from Surat. When her body was found, her tears had frozen. The other parts are too graphic to recount. Ask her parents what the quantum of punishment should be. Must confess that when I sometimes read about a child rapist caught right after the act being lynched by an infuriated mob, feel no nostalgia for the rule of law. How can someone violate a four month old baby and then kill her, as happened in Indore. Most of us cannot understand what goes through the mind of people who commit such crimes. These do not belong to a civilised, God fearing society. So if some drastic, almost Sharia style punishment becomes the order of the day, we should not be surprised.
Sadly, its mob psychology in this case of demands for death penalty. Sounds so populist and full of appeasement. The reactions are all full of emotionality, devoid of any rationality. So unfortunately its the number that counts and not the substance. As if death penalty is a magic wand that would remove the ill of sexual abuse and rape. Why can individuals not think of working hard in influencing positively the society and its sick mindset? The later demands devotion, commitment and innovative approaches to deal with the society. While death penalty is entirely an easy option which most like to adopt without realizing the back lash. Only after the damage is done that the governance and those thirsty of blood wood realize when it would be too late.