This Is What the Empowerment of Women Is?

This article is all about the incident which happened to the women aspirants going for the NEET (National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test) UG (undergraduate) examination center. NEET exam held on Sunday (17-07-2022).

Students were appearing for NEET UG in Kerala, Kollam district they were forced to remove their innerwear before entering an examination hall. This incident took place at the Mar Thoma Institute of Information and Technology at Ayur.

This event turned into a horrific nightmare for the medical aspirants as they were particularly forced to either leave the examination hall or remove their innerwear as they go through a metal detector which obviously beeped and unfortunately these women found themselves in a horror bull situation where they have to take the exams in order to have agreed what they had to do what they were asked to do.

this case was highlighted when a girl's father complained to the Kollam Rural Superintendent of Police K B Ravi after the NEET exam was held on Sunday, seeking a probe into the alleged incident.

In the complaint, the father alleged that many students who attended the exam were forced to remove their innerwear although this is not a requirement under norms mandated by the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts the NEET examination.

Guidelines provided by the NTA for NEET UG, 2022: -

NTA has issued guidelines for the exam that will be conducted Sunday and also provide a dress code.

Students must follow Covid’s advisory for the NEET UG 2022 examination.

Candidates should maintain social distancing and use the N-95 mask being provided at the center.

In case a candidate reaches the examination in cultural/traditional or customary dress they should report at least an hour before the last reporting time.

Frisking of the female candidates will be done inside a closed enclosure by female staff only.

NEET UG, 2022 Dress Code: -

1) Light clothes with long sleeves are not permitted.

2) Slippers and sandals with low heels are permitted. shoes are not permitted.

3) items like wallets, goggles, belts, and caps are prohibited.

4) Watches, wristwatches, bracelets, cameras, ornaments, and metallic items are also prohibited.

5) candidates are not allowed to carry any personal belongings including electronic devices, mobile phones, and other banned/prohibited items.

Legal Aspect of this incident: -

The case was registered under Section 354 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and Section 509 (uttering any word or making gestures intended to insult the modesty of women) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). These two sections are dealing with the crime against women where the accused intentionally does such an act that harms the women mentally as well as physically. This section explicitly provides that the person offended should be a woman of any age.

In the landmark case of State of Punjab v. Major Singh, where SC laid down the test of determining the outrage in respect of the prudence of a reasonable man. if such a man thinks that the act committed is sufficient to outrage the modesty of women then such an act would attract the impugned provision (Section-354).

In the case of Rupan Deol Bajaj v. K.P.S. Gill (1995), the act by the accused of slapping the posterior of a lady I.A.S., Officer in the presence of a gathering comprising the elite of the society when considered in the light of the sequence of events involving overtures, words used and gestures made prima facie amounted to the commission of an offense under Section-509, IPC by the accused.

CONCLUSION: -

So, in the present scenario Court must have to take stringent steps against the accused to prevent such incidents in the future. Higher Education Minister R. Bindu condemned the incident calling it a violation of the human rights of the victims. such an act without considering basic human rights is truly irresponsible. Court took measures to prevent such incidents in the future. Making Laws in favor of women does not stop the crime to facilitate the atmosphere and implementation of such Laws strictly with co-related agencies to protect the women from such evil Acts done by some people.

ADV. ANNULATA 

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