High Court abandons ‘woman’s honor’ doctrine in rape cases

The Supreme Court (SC) in effect, abandoned its 58-year-old “women’s honor” doctrine in rape cases which states that a woman who is a victim of sexual abuse would not admit she had been abused, unless the incident is true, out of a “natural instinct to protect her honor.”

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