The Influence of Public Outrage on Law Making: The Example of Indian Rape Cases

Tamara Abdelwahed; Stella Gaumert; Laura Konrad

doi:10.5771/0506-7286-2018-4-478

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The Influence of Public Outrage on Law Making: The Example of Indian Rape Cases

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Tamara Abdelwahed Stella Gaumert Laura Konrad

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2018-4-478
- ISSN print: 0506-7286
- ISSN online: 2941-9603
Abstract

Certain rape cases in India that occurred over the last decades have received more public attention than others, because of their gruesomeness or because the verdict provoked public outrage. This research paper examines what legal provisional changes were made to Indian rape law in order to meet the requests of the public using the example of the ‘Mathura rape case’, the ‘Nirbhaya case’ and the ‘Mahmood Farooqui rape case’. These cases sparked widespread calls for reform in India, demanding more security, better laws and justice for the victims. Activists and policy makers have expressed frustration at the lack of progress, saying there is no political will to move forward to implement stronger laws on the state level. Feminist groups and scholars thus demand that the law against violence against women shall create spaces that are safe and equal and that will help to lessen the social stigma for women. Both cases, the ‘Mathura rape case’ of 1972 and the ‘Nirbhaya case’ of 2012, have been followed by an amendment to the Indian Penal Code. In contrast to those two cases the ‘Mahmood Farooqui rape case’ of 2016 has been judged by the most actual penal law. The verdict still provoked criticism, this time because it was deemed too high a sentence in relation to other cases. The paper’s objective is to draw conclusions on the influence of public attention to law making in the light of a feminist approach to rape culture at the example of the chosen cases.
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