Challenge to Unconstitutional Provisions of Anti-Rape Law
I reproduce below the full text of a writ petition I filed in public interest in the Delhi High Court along with two others on 17 March 2017.
Kapil Sibal, among the most eminent lawyers of India, is arguing this case.
We invoked Article 226 of the Constitution of India for challenging the validity of some of the provisions of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013 which have made the anti-rape law draconian and easy-to-abuse.
The High Court has issued notice to the Central Government and set July 5, 2017 as the next date of hearing.
Kapil
has taken on this case pro bono because he saw merit in the arguments I put forth in the petition, which I drafted personally in consultation with and with inputs from lawyer friends.
Kapil is an old friend
.
We often ...









