-By ArdorComm News Network
September 14, 2024
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre, seeking its response to a petition calling for increased awareness of rape laws and women’s rights through school curriculums. The petition aims to address the growing incidents of rape in the country by integrating education about sexual equality, women’s rights, and the freedom of girls to live with dignity into school syllabi.
A bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud heard the petition filed by senior advocate Aabad Harshad Ponda. The petition was motivated by the recent rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata. Ponda, a criminal lawyer practicing in the Bombay High Court, argued that while states have introduced stricter punishments for rape, including the death penalty and life imprisonment, these measures alone would not solve the problem unless tackled at the grassroots level.
Ponda emphasized the need to raise awareness about rape laws, particularly among the uneducated and economically disadvantaged populations. He argued that repeated cases of rape in the country reflect gaps in governance and the effective implementation of existing laws. According to Ponda, there is a pressing need to bridge the communication gap between the creation of laws by the legislature and their proper dissemination to all sections of society.
The petition calls for including topics like moral training, sexual equality, and women’s rights as part of the school syllabus to ensure that the youth are aware of rape laws and the consequences of such crimes.Top of Form
Source: Hindustan Times