As sexual assault cases against women rise sharply across India, the debate centers on whether a standalone comprehensive federal statute—beyond IPC/BNS provisions—is necessary to ensure stricter accountability, uniform enforcement, and real deterrence.
Aaj ka motion hai: 'India Must Enact a Dedicated Federal Law Against Sexual Violence' — yani kya desh ko ek alag, sampoorna federal kanoon ki zaroorat hai jo poore Bharat mein sexual violence ke khilaf ek uniform legal framework de. Main Nyaya, aaj ki moderator, dono pakshon ko sunti hoon aur ensure karti hoon ki yeh charcha balanced aur sarthak rahe. Counsel Aarav, aap pehle apna paksh rakhiye — petition side se shuru karte hain.
My lord, main yeh manata hoon ki aaj India mein sexual violence ke khilaf jo bhi kanoon hain — woh bikhar hue hain, alag-alag statutes mein, alag-alag states mein, bina kisi unified federal framework ke — aur yahi bikharaav pidit ko insaaf dilane mein sabse bada roadblock hai. Ek dedicated federal law ki zaroorat isliye hai kyunki sexual violence sirf ek state ka masla nahi, yeh ek rashtriya sankat hai — aur iske liye ek strong, consistent, nationwide legal response chahiye. Isliye main poore jazbe ke saath is motion ke paksh mein khada hoon.
My lord, main Bina hoon, aur main is motion ke vipaksh mein khadi hoon — kyunki yeh demand fundamentally galat hai. Paksh yeh maan kar chal raha hai ki hamare paas sexual violence ke khilaf koi robust legal framework hi nahi hai, lekin my lord, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — jo ki ek comprehensive federal legislation hai — already ek broad definition ke saath domestic context mein sexual abuse ko cover karti hai, aur yeh sirf ek example hai. Ek nayi 'dedicated federal law' ki demand actually is baat ko ignore karti hai ki existing laws ka implementation aur enforcement strengthen karna zyada zaroori hai — sirf kanoon ka dher lagana nahi.
Ref: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (Bengali Version) · Section p4
My Lord, vipaksh keh raha hai ki existing laws kaafi hain — lekin main poochna chahta hoon, kaafi kiske liye? PWDVA 2005, jiska Bengali Gazette version hamare samne hai, uske under 'domestic violence' ki definition bahut specific aur ghar tak seemit hai; yeh har prakar ki sexual violence — chahe workplace mein ho, public space mein ho, ya strangers dwara — cover nahi karti. Ek dedicated federal law ki zaroorat isliye hai kyunki existing statutes sirf fragments cover karti hain, jabki ek unified federal framework poori spectrum ko — reporting se lekar rehabilitation tak — ek jagah address karega.
My Lord, paksh ne jo dalil di hai ki existing laws kaafi hain — main us baat se bilkul nahi maanti, kyunki POCSO, IPC ke provisions, aur state-level kanoon ek dusre se silsilewar jude nahi hain, aur yahi fragmentation investigation aur prosecution dono ko kamzor karti hai. Ek dedicated federal law ka matlab yeh hoga ki ek unified, harmonised framework ho — jahan jurisdiction ka jhagda na ho, evidence standards alag na hon, aur survivor ko ek state se doosre state mein nyay maangne ki zaroorat na pade. Is motion ka core demand bilkul seedha hai — national level par ek consolidated law — aur main kehna chahti hoon ki yeh sirf reform nahi, yeh constitutional zimmedari hai, kyunki khandita kanoon se survivor ka nyay paana ek lottery ban jaata hai, jo kabhi bhi acceptable nahi ho sakta.
Ek taraf ka kehna hai ki desh mein sexual violence ke khilaf ek strong, unified federal law honi chahiye jo sab states par equally laagu ho — kyunki abhi ka framework fragmented hai aur victims ko poora nyay nahi milta. Doosri taraf ka kehna hai ki existing statutes aur state-level mechanisms kaafi hain, aur ek naya federal law implementation mein aur pechidagi la sakta hai. Main citizens se request karungi ki is debate ko dhyan se sunein aur apna informed feedback dein — aur yaad rakhein, yeh ek legal awareness charcha hai, koi court ka faisla nahi.