Convicted men and women unequal

https://www.indianexpress.com/news/women-need-serve-14-yrs-for-lifer-men-up-to-28-bombay-high-court/1090408/0

Life term for woman 14 years

Life term for men 28 years

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Gaurav (consultant) 19 March 2013

Sad state of our country.

Where gender is punished not a criminal

stanley (Freedom) 20 March 2013

Yeah a very sad state of affairs where the gender is punished inspite of having this article

Article 15 in The Constitution Of India 1949

15. Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, s*x or place of birth

(1) The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, s*x, place of birth or any of them

(2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, s*x, place of birth or any of them, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to

(a) access to shops, public restaurants, hotels and palaces of public entertainment; or

(b) the use of wells, tanks, bathing ghats, roads and places of public resort maintained wholly or partly out of State funds or dedicated to the use of the general public