Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The challenge of gender stereotyping in Indian courts Subject The topic of the resource Discrimination; gender justice; intersectionality; patriarchy; sexual crimes Description An account of the resource Womens negotiations towards achieving justice are elusive due to patriarchal, cultural and caste norms. The expectation of compromise permeates Courts, even in rape cases. In spite of the prevalence of well-formulated substantive and procedural aspects of law, the constitutional promise of equality is still a distant dream for women. Intersectional factors like tradition, caste, religion and cultureall act as impediments to securing justice for women in India. In fact, gender bias plagues the criminal justice administration. This paper relies on landmark cases to demonstrate the biases exhibited by Courts, in matters of sexual assault and rape. The paper will also rely on feminist ideas to highlight the need for the law to understand the deep-rooted historical and socio-political contexts from which issues related to gender originate. The paper concludes by giving suggestions as to how gender bias can be done away with, by Courts. Law has to act as a transformative instrument if gender justice has to be achieved. Lawyers and judges should not be carried away by personal biases and prejudices and need to be socially sensitive while handling cases of crimes against women. 2022 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tannvi T.; Narayana S. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cogent Social Sciences, Vol-8, No. 1 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cogent OA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2022.2116815" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2022.2116815</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85137931155&amp;doi=10.1080%2F23311886.2022.2116815&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=f72e8806c4c8bfbbf1aa0034ccb0d505" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85137931155&amp;doi=10.1080%2f23311886.2022.2116815&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=f72e8806c4c8bfbbf1aa0034ccb0d505</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 23311886 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tannvi T., School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to Be) University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India; Narayana S., School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to Be) University, Karnataka, Bengaluru, India