Stella James, a former intern at the Indian Supreme Court has found to have been suffered by touching one of the judges of the highest court of the country in December 2012. The lawyer said nothing at the time for fear of the consequences, but his testimony published on a professional site lawyers, led the president of the Supreme Court to appoint Tuesday, November 13 a committee of three judges to investigate these charges.
The incident allegedly took place at the end of December last year, at a time when thousands of Indians marched through the streets of New Delhi to protest the collective rape of a student in a bus. Despite this context, the trainee lawyer was silent, preferring to protect their professional status and that of the judge now to retire, she accuses today.
If she decided to testify on the blog of Indian Journal of Law and Society , is that beyond the lingering trauma caused by touching it has suffered, she feels “loose”, as a lawyer, not to legally fight against such crime. In addition, according to former intern became a member of an association of lawyers employed by an NGO, this kind of harassment is common in the Supreme Court.
Freedom of speech victims
This long silence is emblematic of rape cases in India, where it is estimated that 8 out of 10 cases are not reported. This revelation highly publicized shows the recent release of victims to speak out . Since the beginning of the year, the rapes were multiplied by three to New Delhi.
India: the testimony of a lawyer revived the controversy over rape
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