{"id":2429,"date":"2018-12-19T11:38:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T06:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=2429"},"modified":"2018-12-19T11:38:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T06:08:32","slug":"jk-law-to-stop-sextortion-of-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/jk-law-to-stop-sextortion-of-women\/","title":{"rendered":"J&#038;K law to stop \u2018sextortion\u2019 of women"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >What's Inside this Blog!<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/jk-law-to-stop-sextortion-of-women\/#Relevant_for_GS_Paper_1_and_2\" title=\"Relevant for GS Paper 1 and 2:-\">Relevant for GS Paper 1 and 2:-<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/jk-law-to-stop-sextortion-of-women\/#%E2%80%98Existing_laws_deficient\" title=\"\u2018Existing laws deficient\u2019:-\">\u2018Existing laws deficient\u2019:-<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Relevant_for_GS_Paper_1_and_2\"><\/span>Relevant for GS Paper 1 and 2:-<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/09e8475a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2430\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/09e8475a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/09e8475a.jpg 960w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/09e8475a-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/09e8475a-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/09e8475a-768x523.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Governor Satya Pal Malik\u2019s administration in Jammu &amp; Kashmir on Friday approved an amendment to the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC), to insert a section to provide for the offence of \u201csextortion.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Under Section 354E of the RPC, the new law explicitly bans sexual exploitation of women by those in positions of authority, having a fiduciary relationship, or a public servant, reads the order issued by Governor Malik-headed State Administration Council (SAC).<\/li>\n<li>J&amp;K has become the first State in the country to bring a law to prevent people in power from exploiting subordinates sexually.<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Malik on Friday approved the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2018, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/tag\/134-81\/jammu-and-kashmir\/?utm=bodytag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jammu and Kashmir\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018, to incorporate the new Section.<\/li>\n<li>Terming the offence as \u201cSextortion\u201d, the amendments will \u201cbring sextortion at par with similar offences prescribed under Ranbir Penal Code and amendment is being made in Prevention of Corruption Act to amend the definition of misconduct and to provide that demand for sexual favours would also constitute misconduct within the meaning of Section 5.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Existing_laws_deficient\"><\/span>\u2018Existing laws deficient\u2019:-<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>An official said the J&amp;K government decided to reinforce the legal framework to curb instances of women being victimised by the persons in authority or in fiduciary relationships. \u201cThe existing legislative provisions have been found deficient to curb this menace. Therefore, a need was felt to introduce such provisions in the relevant laws that would prevent occurrence of such instances and deter the persons in authority to abuse their authority, influence or position to obtain sexual favours from the weaker sex,\u201d the State\u2019s Law Department had said in its proposal.<\/li>\n<li>The Governor\u2019s administration on November 28 started a process for the Draft Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2018, to include the acts of demanding and requesting sexual favours by public servants within the ambit of term \u2018Misconduct\u2019 under Section 5 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 2006. It sought suggestions from the civil society to incorporate amendments.<\/li>\n<li>Besides, the State Administrative Council (SAC) also approved introduction of the use of video conferencing \u201cas an admissible method for presence of accused in criminal trials.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThis will ensure speedy trial and remand. It also reduces the requirement of security for taking accused from jail to courts,\u201d said the SAC spokesman.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevant for GS Paper 1 and 2:- Governor Satya Pal Malik\u2019s administration in Jammu &amp; Kashmir on Friday approved an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[817,392],"class_list":["post-2429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-studies-ii","tag-gs","tag-union-public-service-commission-upsc"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2431,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429\/revisions\/2431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}