Scars Beyond Skin: A Socio-Legal Study On Acid Attack Survivors In India
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48165/tlr.2025.5.2.4Keywords:
Gender Based Vi olence, Society, Social Impact, Acid Attack, Survivors, PsychologyAbstract
Acid violence is not just an attack on the body; it is an attempt to silence and erase a woman’s identity.Laxmi Agarwal, Acid Attack Survivor & Activist (BBC Inter view, 2018).The brave survivor Laxmi Agarwal, in her interview, stated the immense psychological impact of acid violence on the mind and physical body of a woman. The acid attack is a crime against women’s identity, giving scars that impact the mind and health of women. The wounds of the attack are not just physical. Still, they are evidence for a deeply rooted patriarchy in society. The statistics explain the nev er-ending emerging cases, With An inverse proportion of increasing Crime rate of acid violence, with respect to decreasing conviction rates, Which Impacts Society as a whole, making it Unsafe For its people and affecting their human rights.References
Judgement of Parivartan Kendra v. Union of India 2016 (3) SCC 571 https://indiankanoon.org/doc/16029001/
Judgement of Laxmi v. U n i o n of India 2014 SCC (4) 427 https://indiank anoon.org/doc/90443079/
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