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The comic book Priya's Shakti was inspired by the Nirbhaya case. [280] [281] The protagonist fights against gender-based sexual violence in India and around the world. [282] [283] A book on the Nirbhaya case titled Courting Injustice: The Nirbhaya Case and its Aftermath was authored by Rajesh Talwar, and published by Hay House in 2013 [284]
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 (popularly known as Nirbhaya Act) is an Indian legislation passed by the Lok Sabha on 19 March 2013, and by the Rajya Sabha on 21 March 2013, which provides for amendment of Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act, and Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on laws related to sexual offences.
On 18 August, the Supreme Court took suo moto cognizance of the case. A three-judge bench headed by the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud heard the matter on 20 August. They criticised the State government, Kolkata police, as well as the college administration over mishandling of the case and the vandalism which occurred on the night of 14 ...
The infamous and brutal gang rape case also known as the Nirbhaya rape case brought the issue of sexual violence into the notice of public, media and the Government of India. Responding to the protests and campaigns the government formed a committee headed by former Chief Justice of India , Justice J.S. Verma , Justice Leila Seth , and Mr Gopal ...
Similar to the photojournalist case, the men tied and beat up the victim's male companion, before gang raping her. [19] The two victims fled to Chhattisgarh following the incident, without reporting it, out of fear. [18] Mumbai Police made the telephone operator undergo a "two-finger test", a check for a hymen as proof of sexual activity. [20]
The documentary was made on the aftermath of the sexual assault of Nirbhaya that happened on the intervening night of 16 December 2012 in a moving bus in New Delhi. The 23-year-old physiotherapy student was returning home after watching the 'Life of Pi' movie with her male friend. Six men including a juvenile brutally gang-raped her.
The victim of the rape was a 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist whose real name was Jyoti Singh, but she came to be known as Nirbhaya, meaning "fearless". However, during a press meet at the Press Club Kolkata, director Milan Bhowmik said that the film is not based on the Delhi rape case, but actually on the present scenario of our society.
Indian laws prohibit naming rape victims, and violations are subject to legal penalties. [24] On 3 December, a man from Nizamabad district was arrested by the Cyberabad Police, after a cyber crime case was filed against him, for posting pictures and spreading derogatory posts about the victim. [23] [25]
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