Aditi Ranawat, BA.LLB. (H), University College of Law, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur
ABSTRACT:
Gender Neutrality in legal sense refers to absence of any discrimination on gender basis. The Indian Legal System is principled on this idea. However, this is not the case in practical legal application. Many of the penal provisions in India are gender based, i.e. for certain crimes they consider a gender as victim and another as perpetrator, making these laws gender biased and sometimes such laws even act as anti-opposite gender. Earlier, when such laws were made their aim was to curb problems that were faced by only a single gender, but with time these crimes are being committed against all the genders and the need to amend these laws is immediate. The laws that need to be repealed or amended are mainly related to domestic affairs and sexual harassment. The way to bring about changes in these laws is not as easy as it seems. However, all related problems are in no way lacking solution. Judiciary has also put forth its opinion on the need for gender-neutral laws.
Keywords: gender neutrality, gender-bias, anti-opposite gender, sexual harassment, domestic violence.
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