November 2023

Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code describes consent as “an unequivocal voluntary agreement when the woman communicates a willingness to engage in the specific sexual act through words, gestures, or any other means of verbal or nonverbal communication.”  Further to this, the 2013 amendment to the law further states that “The amendment defines ‘consent’ […]

The term respondent has been defined in Section 2(m) of the Sexual Harassment of Women (Prevention Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013 as a person against whom the aggrieved woman has made a complaint. In an IC investigation, the respondent has the right to a copy of the written complaint while being called in for a