Beyond the Female Victim: Legal Voids in Recognizing Male and Transgender Survivors of Sexual Violence
The recent paradigm shift in India’s criminal jurisprudence to the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 marks a watershed moment in the history of human rights in India. However, it also brings to the fore the glaring lacuna created by the absence of gender-neutral laws on the crime of rape. This paper critically analyzes the...