farooqui case Flashcards
1
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case
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mahmood farooqui was accused was raping a amarican phd suent in 2015.
initially convicted, farooqui was later acquiteed by the delhi high court.
2
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consent interpretation
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court suggested that victims feeble no might not have been clear enough for faroorwui to understand as refusal
3
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assumend consent
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judgement indicated that past intimacy and the victums lack of continuous resistance could be seens as assumed consent
4
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higher standad for educated woman
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the court implied that educated woman might need to exoress their refusal more explicitly oplacing a higher burden on them
5
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court rulings widely criticised since
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the ruiling was seen as a setbsck for womans rights and legal standards on consent in india
