Women's Rights

The Supreme Court has ordered a final hearing within three weeks on the constitutional validity of the marital rape exception under IPC Section 375 and BNS Section 63.

Despite decades of legal prohibition, dowry deaths in India continue to claim thousands of lives every year. Through the lens of a recent Supreme Court intervention, this editorial examines the failures of law enforcement, the persistence of patriarchal marriage economics, and the urgent need for institutional and cultural reform.

Thirteen years after its enactment, the POSH Act remains a landmark law—but implementation gaps continue to weaken its impact. This editorial explores why compliance failures, institutional weaknesses, and cultural barriers still prevent the law from fully protecting women in the workplace.

Despite a strong domestic violence law, Indian women still struggle for protection. The Supreme Court’s 2026 directives expose a deeper crisis of enforcement, not legislation.