{"id":34860,"date":"2018-10-31T14:11:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T08:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=34860"},"modified":"2018-10-31T14:11:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T08:41:03","slug":"confusing-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/confusing-consent\/","title":{"rendered":"Confusing consent:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-opinion\/confusing-consent\/article19765880.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Confusing consent<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Context<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In acquitting writer-film-maker Mahmood Farooqui of the charge of rape, the Delhi High Court concluded that it could not be established without reasonable doubt whether the incident took place.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is the court\u2019s reasoning to conclude at such decision?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The court ruled that even if rape had taken place, it is doubtful that it was without the consent of the American researcher who pressed the charges.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The court, by and large, accepted her version of events, described her as a stellar witness, and found that vital aspects of her testimony were verified.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Considering that the victim\u2019s unwillingness was only in her mind, the judge gave credibility to Farooqui\u2019s defence that he was unaware of the lack of consent.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What does this mean?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the court raises a doubt as to when exactly the consent was withdrawn, it seems the victim is being faulted for the man failing to comprehend a \u2018no\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consent, a major ground for defence in rape cases, was allowed to be raised in the appeal although it was not made during the trial, which resulted in the conviction and imprisonment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judicial decisions containing a mix of sound law and regressive personal opinion are not uncommon. This decision is an example of it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When superior court orders contain such remarks, there is an inherent danger that they could be seen as a legal basis for deciding cases of rape.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confusing consent: Context In acquitting writer-film-maker Mahmood Farooqui of the charge of rape, the Delhi High Court concluded that it could not be established without reasonable doubt whether the incident took place. What is the court\u2019s reasoning to conclude at such decision? The court ruled that even if rape had taken place, it is doubtful&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/confusing-consent\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Confusing consent:<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704801823},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}