Dear all, I read the suggested amendments. I am in favour of the amendments. This is how I read it.
1] It is not gender neutral. It talks specifically of male on female sexual assault. This is desirable and in line with the demands of many feminist lobby. 2] It specifically creates a sexual assault crime against minors (both male and female), a longstanding demand of both the LGBT community, the chlid-rights campaigners, and many feminist organisations. 3] It retains 377, which in the light of the amendments above and the Delhi High Court's read down interpretation, would continue to criminalise non-consensual sex between males. Again desirable and needed. Personally I see no reason to interfere with the suggested amendments as they stand today. Best regards to all, Aditya Bondyopadhyay On 1 April 2010 02:12, Udit Bhatia <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/newdelhi/New-draft-rape-law-has-more-teeth-wider-scope/Article1-525626.aspx > > The panel has, however, steered clear of Section 377 that deals with > “unnatural sex” and was invoked against homosexuals till the Delhi High > Court came to their rescue. > > Home ministry spokesman Onkar Kedia said the draft had been made public > to seek responses from civil society and state governments. > > the last date for sending suggestions is 15th. The only way that 'civil > society's' suggestions can help is if a huge number of people make the > suggestion that 377 should be amended..and that getting that huge number of > people to endorse such an amendment, and that too, before 15th may (the last > date) is going to be difficult. but is it still worth a try? and can we set > a target (a nice, optimistic one), as to how many people we want, endorsing > the suggestion? and more importantly, will it help at all? what's the > minimum number we'll need for them to take it seriously? > > > http://mha.nic.in/writereaddata/12700472381_CriminalLaw%28Amendment%29Bill2010.pdf > > Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! > http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- If ever you are in a situation where you have to ask "why?", ask instead "why not?". If you do not find an answer, do it anyways......
