People with no common decency or common sense, for that matter, getting to positions of power will always remain one of the biggest unsolved mysteries. 

How can someone who does not understand how to handle sexual assault cases end up becoming a judge? Seriously how?

A few months ago, we saw a live example of this when the MP High Court judge ordered a sexual assault victim to tie a rakhi to her molester and no, not just stop there, but also "bless him", whatever that means. 

This was the condition given by the court for the accused to get bail, along with paying Rs 11,000 to the victim as the “customary ritual” of Raksha Bandhan.

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The judge probably mistook the molester for a misbehaving child and even asked him to promise the woman that he would “protect her to the best of his ability for all times to come”. It honestly doesn't get more disgusting than this.

Referring to the case, Attorney General KK Venugopal addressed the Supreme Court recently. Condemning the atrocious order by that judge, he talked about how judges need to be educated on gender sensitisation in order to deal with these cases properly.

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He said, "Judges need to be educated. Judges' recruitment exam should have a part on gender sensitisation. The exam for judges and National judicial academy and state judicial academy must have programmes on gender sensitisation."

He added, "So far as sensitisation is concerned, gender sensitisation and grievance redressal committee is there in Supreme Court. Lectures need to be given to district and subordinate, and high courts too about gender sensitisation."

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Well, that would be a start for sure, but we have a long way before these downright stupid men understand the struggle of going through legal proceedings and then fight for justice, as a victim, in an assault case. 

Hopefully, the judges have more sense and don't rely on performative actions in these cases. 

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