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Anonymity of Victims of Sexual Offences
Scope
The bar on disclosing the identity of a victim of a sexual offence, and its reach to the press, the police and the courts.
Authorities to start from
- Indian Penal Code, 1860, § 228A (now Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, § 72)
- Nipun Saxena v. Union of India, (2019) 2 SCC 703
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