![]() Vimla unequivocally rejects the judgment. ![]() A team of senior members of the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), with whom I work, met Vimla in her village after the judgement, so that we could hear from her directly what she thought of the judgement and whether she required any assistance. If allowed to stand, it sets a dangerous precedent for the use of ADR to enable a criminal convicted rapist to escape punishment.īut first about the courageous young woman Vimla (name changed). The judgement is deeply flawed on all counts: legally, morally, ethically. The declared aim of the mediation is to arrange for the marriage of the rapist with the victim. ![]() ![]() The outrageous judgement of a single bench of the Madras High Court in granting bail to the convicted rapist of a 15-year-old girl and referring the matter to a "mediation centre" set up under the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Mechanism constitutes a new low in judicial pronouncements in cases of sexual assault. ![]()
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