Despite strict laws, why are crimes against women increasing? Kapil Sibal also pointed out the caste connection

New Delhi : The Kolkata doctor case is in the news these days. This case, which has shaken the whole country, has presented a frightening picture of the increasing crime against women. After that RG Kar Hospital case of Kolkata, the West Bengal government has passed the ‘Aparajita Bill’ from the assembly, making the law more stringent in the case of crime against women. But will the crime against women decrease just by making a stringent law? According to Rajya Sabha MP and senior Supreme Court lawyer Kapil Sibal, crimes are still happening even after the law has become stringent. To stop this, attention will have to be paid to education. he/she said that patriarchal thinking and caste system play a big role in crimes against women. Kapil Sibal does a show on YouTube – Dil Se with Kapil Sibal. The name of his/her YouTube channel is also the same. In this, he/she talks, discusses and interviews celebrities on politics, society, national-international issues. This time he/she has discussed crimes against women like rape, marital rape, domestic violence in the show ‘Dil Se with Kapil Sibal’. he/she was joined in the discussion by three women panelists – banker Chandni Bhardwaj, dentist Sudhi Rastogi and advocate Manisha Singh, who are also part of Sibal’s team.

During the discussion, Manisha Singh blamed patriarchal thinking for crimes against women. On this, Kapil Sibal said that along with patriarchal thinking, there is also the caste system. There is a mixture of these. Dominant castes think that they have got the right. I am not saying that all people are like this, but there are such people.

On this, Manish Singh, while talking about marital rape, started giving the caste angle. She said that cases of marital rape are more among the upper castes. Divorce does not happen easily among the upper castes. You cannot even ask for a divorce, whereas Dalit women take divorce in such situations.

During this, Kapil Sibal said that until women are empowered and made aware, the crime against them will not decrease. And this will happen only when they are educated. Sibal said that opening separate universities for women is more important than strict laws. Educating them.

Kapil Sibal said, ‘There are laws. There is punishment. Action is also taken. But I have seen that crimes are happening even after the law. Domestic violence and crimes against women are happening. Even if you have the strictest laws, these crimes are still happening.’

During the discussion, Sibal said that many cases of crime against women are not even reported. On crimes like domestic violence and marital rape, he/she said, ‘A woman got married. She did not pass BA. I am saying this as an example. She knows where she will go if something like this happens. Nowadays parents say that we have married her off, now do not come back to us. That poor girl can neither go to her parents nor to anyone else. She is trapped. If someone else is misbehaving with her, then the family says how can we bring this to light. Only very courageous people of the family go to the police station and register an FIR.’

Advocating women’s education, Sibal said, ‘Until universities are opened for women, they will have to face oppression. The biggest challenge is to educate women. … How will the girls of the village get educated if they are working in the fields? You have to ensure that families are made financially capable so that they can focus on education.