Surviving an acid attack and changing the law
Witness History
English - October 13, 2023 09:00 - 10 minutes - 4.65 MB - ★★★★★ - 853 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 2013, India's Supreme Court made a landmark ruling aimed at transforming the lives of acid attack survivors.
It followed a campaign led by Laxmi Agarwal, who at the age of 15 was burned by acid thrown over her body.
The attack changed Laxmi’s life and scarred her face. In 2006, she took legal action demanding a ban on the sale of acid and more help for survivors.
But it took seven years of campaigning before the court made a ruling, as Laxmi tells Jane Wilkinson.
(Photo: Laxmi Agarwal. Credit: Deepak Gupta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)