| After having been passed Anti-rape law in 2013, it is not good enough to say that the various issues requiring reforms since Mathura -they were seen prior to Mathura, it only triggered them, are set to be rest. Post -2013 laws, even after one year, no deterrence on the part of the potential violator and satisfaction on the part of various women's group is seen. Whether the issues to be addressed like rapists to get away, legal definition of rape including marital rape, marks of resistance on her body, child sexual abuse, traumatic procedural issues, medical examination of victim including most archaic forensic procedures and capital punishment for rapists e.t.c. have satisfactorily been resolved, is a question to be determined on the basis of legal efficacy of Criminal justice system. Further, the moral element flowing in whole body of determination of the question like a basis of her moral character remaining at all levels as stereotypes in terms of sex and morality, changing of mindset of society towards victim whether she should be treated as a victim of rape or survivor to be seen with compassion, and sensitization of police and Courts by completely erasing re-traumatization from the system. Hence, this paper aims at to evaluate to what extent the dignity of a woman during this journey of law has been secured and is going to unearth various positive developments. |