PRIORITIZE WOMEN SAFETY THAN PATRIARCHAL MEN

India gained its independence in 1947 and adopted the constitution in 1949. The preamble of the constitution states equality, and the Indian constitution under Articles 14 and 51-A allows the state to form special laws for protecting women and respecting women. The NCRB has issued a stating that there is rape reported every 15 minutes in the country there are laws that are made to protect women against violation. Women suffer domestic violence, dowry death, sexual harassment in the workplace and brutally raped. The schemes have been made to protect women in their workplace and outside their houses like emergency numbers and Nirbhaya funds these schemes are made by both central and state governments for violations against women and girl children. Sections 375 and 376 of the Indian Penal Code of 1890 define rape and punishments for rape.

There are numerous case laws have given guidelines to protect women in the workplace like the Vishaka guideline and the Sakshi guideline. The Nirbhaya case made the whole of India turn toward judgment and justice. In 2024, the Kolkata case made an understanding of women’s safety in the medical field hospitals, and universities. Women are not safe in any place proper precaution needs to be taken by the government to protect women. Women shouldn’t be physically abused and sexual assault toward women will be punishable. Sexual intercourse can be done only with consent without consent will be a violation. Further, age for consent and marital rape has been discussed in detail in this paper.