With the outrage across the country  over the rapes in Kathua and Unnao, the central government is now in the process to amend the law to introduce death penalty in child rape cases below 12-year of age. The amendments to the existing law will ensure maximum punishment of death penalty in child rape cases, where the survivor […]

Trisha B Shetty and Nishiki of SheSaysIndia talk about the challenges of the law, the juvenile issue in heinous rape cases, why there is so much grey in our understanding of the justice system. At the same time they both reflect on why our juvenile law too is ambiguous and how the rehabilitation process needs an entire […]