A city court’s suggestion for enacting a separate law to deal with incest has been supported by social activists who say it will help check exploitation of women and children.<\/p>\n
In a recent order, Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Kamini Lau while giving life term to a man who raped his minor daughter said that it is time to acknowledge the existence of incest in our society before it is too late.<\/p>\n
Social activists have welcomed the court observation and said if such a law comes up, crimes like incest could be dealt with firmly.<\/p>\n
‘As a society, we are so tight-lipped on issues like these, a separate law on incest will help us look at it carefully,’ said Ranjana Kumari, director of the Centre for Social Research, told IANS.<\/p>\n
She said a law as a tool will create conditions to talk and act on such grave issues of exploitation of women and children.<\/p>\n
Anuja Gupta, executive director for a non-government organisation RAHI (recovering and healing from incest), stressed the need for a strict law against sexual abuse of children.<\/p>\n
‘There is no law on child sexual abuse as a phenomenon, a legal remedy like a separate law will be a clear recognition of the problem,’ Gupta added.<\/p>\n
Lau in her order stressed that the long-standing demand for a separate legislation on the issue should be taken seriously by law makers as ’till date it has never been on any political agenda’.<\/p>\n
Countries like Germany, Britain and the US have strict laws against incest. In Britain, the offence invites a prison term of 12 years and in the US the punishment extends to 20 years, the court said.<\/p>\n
Lau also blamed the victims’ families for not reporting these incidents to police in a bid to ‘protect the perpetrators in order to protect the family reputation’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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