\u2019\u00a0<\/em>and as such this Article makes it obligatory for the State to provide a better and more secure society to our Women. A woman who is always under a threat for her life and physical body, then this law would become meaningless to her. Again the threats of the present society are violative of rights guaranteed under Article 19(1)(f), which is free movement through the territory of the country. It would not be wrong to say that a woman is not safe even in walking on street in broad daylight, the very law enshrined under this article is made useless.<\/p>\nThe life of Indian woman in such a threatening society would be safer only in a cage to protect her from perpetrators, thus giving her an animal existence. We need to have stricter laws to ensure full liberty to women.<\/p>\n
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Privacy, crime, and safety of women are intricately linked in any legal system. An essential part of the security of citizens is the safety of their privacy and personal information. If any legal system does not protect the privacy \u2014 both of body and of information \u2014 of its people, there will always be insecurity in such a system. With the recent debates on women\u2019s safety, several crucial privacy and security issues have been raised, such as the criminalization of voyeurism and stalking, which is a huge boost for privacy rights of citizens in India, and it is hopeful that the government will continue the trend of considering\u00a0privacy issues\u00a0along when addressing security concerns for the state.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nUpdate to the Criminal Law Amendment Bill 2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013, was made into law on April 3, 2013. Several provisions under the Act differ from the provisions in the ordinance. Under the Act, unlike in the Ordinance, the terms or watches or spies on a person in a manner that results in a fear of violence or serious\u00a0 alarm or distress in the mind of such person, or interferes with the mental peace of such person are not included as a part of the offence\u00a0 of stalking. Hence, the offence is limited to the physical act of\u00a0 \u00a0following or contacting a person, provided that there has been a clear\u00a0 sign of disinterest, or to monitoring the use by a woman of the internet, email or any other forms of electronic communication.<\/p>\n
Hence, from the confusing language of the provision, it would seem that the offence of stalking related to monitoring of activities of a woman is restricted to the monitoring of online communications, and not physical acts. The caveat of such monitoring having to cause serious alarm, distress or interference with the mental peace of the victim is also removed. The removal of unwaranted intrusion through watching or spying of a person, and indeed, the removal of any subjective test to determine the effect of stalking is a departure from stalking provisions accross the world, and is a setback for individual privacy, because stalking per se is a privacy offence, relating not only to the physical interference but also the mental harassment it causes to the victims.
\nThe provision has also increased the puinishment for the crime in the first offence to upto three years, and subsequently to upto five years. Further, the provisions sought to be included within Section 53A and Section 376 of the Indian Evidence Act are now included in Section 146 of the Act.<\/p>\n
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[1] (1) \u00a0Sorabjee,Solo J. and Arvind P. Datar,\u00a0Nani Palkiwala, The Courtroom Genius<\/em>\u00a0(4th, LexisNexis Butterworth Wadhwa Nagpur, Gurgoan 2012) p.g. 27<\/p>\n(2) \u00a0Infra note 3<\/p>\n
(3) K.D. Gaur,\u00a0Textbook on The Indian Penal Code<\/em>\u00a0(4th, Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd, Delhi 2011) p.g. 637<\/p>\n(4) SHUBOMOY SIKDAR, \u2018Gang-raped in moving bus, girl fights for life in Delhi hospital\u2019 (thehindu.com 2012) <http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/gangraped-in-moving-bus-girl-fights-for-life-in-delhi-hospital\/article4208833.ece> accessed 20 may 2013<\/p>\n
[2] (5) Id note 5<\/p>\n
(6) ASHOK SHARMA, \u2018Delhi Gang-Rape Victim\u2019s Boyfriend Speaks Out\u2019 (huffingtonpost.com 2013) <http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/01\/04\/delhi-gang-rape-victim-boyfriend_n_2410207.html> accessed 20 may 2013<\/p>\n
[3] (7) Bachan Singh vs State Of Punjab<\/em>, AIR 1980 SC 898, 1980 CriLJ 636.<\/p>\n(8) \u00a0Mohinder Singh v. State Of Punjab<\/em>,(1980) 2 SCC 684<\/p>\n(9) Swamy Shraddananda v. State Of Karnataka,<\/em>\u00a0(2008) 13 SCC 767<\/p>\n(10) ADM Jabalpur v. Shiv Kant Shukla<\/em>, 1976 AIR 1207<\/p>\n(11)\u00a0Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India<\/em>, 978 AIR 597<\/p>\n(12) Munn v. Illinois<\/em>, 94 U.S. 113 (1877)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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