Faiqua Tahjiba

Beyond the Burden of Chastity: Character Evidence and the Changing Judicial Mindset in Bangladesh

In 2022, the colonial-era Evidence Act, 1872, was finally amended by the Evidence(Amendment) Act, 2022. It repealed section 155(4), the provision that allowed legalpractitioners to attack sexually assaulted women’s “general immoral character” to underminetheir testimony. Although...

Beyond the Burden of Chastity: Character Evidence and the Changing Judicial Mindset in Bangladesh

In 2022, the colonial-era Evidence Act, 1872, was finally amended by the Evidence(Amendment) Act, 2022. It repealed section 155(4), the provision that allowed legalpractitioners to attack sexually assaulted women’s “general immoral character” to underminetheir testimony. Although...