Should India drastically increase punishment for domestic violence and crimes against women?

Yes but focus on fixing conviction rates of police investigation and reducing investigation time first

Just enforce existing laws.

Yes but that should be rehabilitative instead of punitive in nature.

No, it should focus on enforcing the laws we already have first

Yes, but also focus on the root of the issue cause increasing punishment can only do so much

No, we must work on increasing enforcement rather than punishment

Yes, but with equally drastic increase in the effort, time and energy spent on finding out whether the alleged accusation is false or true, with heavy punishment for the woman if it turns out to be fake. Degree of punishment should be directly proportional to the availability of evidences for or against the accusation.

Reformative justice is required

Instead of a legalist , retributive approach , there should be an attempt to assess the source of such heinous crimes through behavioural studies so that these can be prevented drastically in the future.

Stricter laws will not solve our problems. Social change is necessary.

Increasing punishment will change nothing

Yes, but only for crimes against women. The punishment for domestic violence should be equal regardless of gender

I believe that increasing punishments is not a solution.

Unclear but domestic abuse ( abuse in real sense) is unacceptable and deterence has to exist, morals, mental health,emotional well being have to be promoted certain schemes to benefit women, some shelter homes etc, alimony provisions are to be at the center regarding this issue some punishment may exist but not for more than a year

With increasing punishment, it should be taken care of that fake accusations also get punished.

Rather than increasing punishment government should focus more on conviction and reporting

India should rather increase the chance of convictions rather than punishments

The fear that they would be brought to action under existing penalties is more effective than the fear of heavier penalties.

No, the existing judicial machinery should work efficiently to make sure that laws already in place are working as they were intended to.

Yes, the current punishment for domestic violence is insufficient. However, the punishment for the crime should be independent of the gender of the perpetrator.

We need Gender Neutral Domestic Violenece Laws

Yes , for domestic violence and for both men and women...do not enforce any selective gender biased law because both men and women can be subject to domestic violence

crime against woman like "rape" should be given death penalty. But the case should be always thoroughly investigated with least bias and no innocent should be punished. If a woman is falsely accusing of someone of rape, then that woman should be punished.

It Should increase judicial capacity so justice is delivered as early as possible

context is important. based on circumstance, context and solid evidence, punishment should be equally severe

Yes, but also add more checks against false convictions for the same

The existing laws need to be better enforced

Proper education with the lessons of gender equality should have a higher priority

Rather judicial and police reforms are needed both to provide premtive action and swift justice for deterrence

No, the current system needs to be strictly implemented

There must be an emphasis on educating the public about such instances than to just blankly increase punishments.

No, drastic increase of punishment will not lead to the desired results as crimes against women themselves aren't taken seriously in the country

Yes, but it should work together with a campaign to change people's minds, as it's more important

Educate people so well that they never think of such thinks later after educating punishment must be harsh

India should improve their law and order instead of making new laws.

Societal problems will reduce as society liberalizes. Not by passing some law.

They must increase the penality and also ensure that every child has access to sex education which will reduce these crimes in the future

Yes, punishment should be increased but it should take into account the skewed aspect of rural vs urban populations, meaning, I've seen way to many fake FIRs lodged in the cities. Whereas in the rural areas the law is absolutely needed.

no, but increase in education and awareness of women rights among everyone and ensure greater inclusiveness of women among every sector of society

The punishment should be increased for men, women, and the third gender

No, punishment should be the same regardless of gender but investigations need to be much faster and much more thorough. Justice should be more accessible.

No, punishment of crimes should be equal regardless of gender, and increased penalties will directly increase the number of unfair prosecutions and false claims

Yes, but increasing penalties above current limits may result in unfair prosecution or false claims so for that, the court needs to give speedy and good judgment

abolish prison

Slowly move towards gender equal laws

Domestic violence should also be considered for men.

no, punishment or fear of punishment is remotely any solution to the problem. in fact one has the gumption of thinking about the consequence he would not commit a violence,

Increasing the severity of punishment doesn't affect the rate of domestic violence. More resources should be directed to protect and help the victims.

Increase the chances of the offender getting caught. Stricter punishment doesn't reduce crime rate .