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13-02-2013, 08:38 PM
President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday signed the anti-rape ordinance to amend criminal laws so as to put a check on crimes against women.
As per news reports, the ordinance, which was announced by the Union Cabinet last week, has included a majority of the recommendations forwarded by the three-member Justice JS Verma Committee.
The Union Cabinet had on Friday recommended to the President to issue an ordinance to effectively deal with crimes against women.
Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar informed media then about the decision soon after a Cabinet meeting held on Friday night at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s residence.
Kumar had then said: “The Cabinet has decided to recommend the ordinance to the President. It will have most of the Justice Verma Committee recommendations. The UPA Government is committed to protect the dignity and safety of women in the country.”
The three-member committee led by former Chief Justice of India Justice (Retired) JS Verma, was constituted after the countrywide outrage following the gruesome gang rape of a 23-year-old woman student on a running bus by six persons, includinga juvenile on December 16 last year.
The committee took a month to submit its elaborate report, which suggests ways to deal with crimes against women.
The panel has recommended enhanced punishment of imprisonment up to 20 years for rape and life term for gang rape and murder.
It has also suggested that crimes like stalking, disrobing a woman and voyeurism be treated as new offences with stringent punishment.
The government has said that it is looking into the possibility of giving capital punishment in cases of rape that are gruesome and can be assessed to be included in the rarest of rare by the judiciary
Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath on Saturday said the ordinance approved by the Union Cabinet on the basis of the Justice Verma Committee report, would definitely create fear among criminal elements of the society.
Tirath said then: “The Cabinet has agreed to most of the recommendations proposed by in the Justice Verma Committee report. We have included issues like stalking, acid attack and the stringent punishment in the ordinance sent to the President. We will get it passed through Parliament in the upcoming Budget session.
As per news reports, the ordinance, which was announced by the Union Cabinet last week, has included a majority of the recommendations forwarded by the three-member Justice JS Verma Committee.
The Union Cabinet had on Friday recommended to the President to issue an ordinance to effectively deal with crimes against women.
Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar informed media then about the decision soon after a Cabinet meeting held on Friday night at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s residence.
Kumar had then said: “The Cabinet has decided to recommend the ordinance to the President. It will have most of the Justice Verma Committee recommendations. The UPA Government is committed to protect the dignity and safety of women in the country.”
The three-member committee led by former Chief Justice of India Justice (Retired) JS Verma, was constituted after the countrywide outrage following the gruesome gang rape of a 23-year-old woman student on a running bus by six persons, includinga juvenile on December 16 last year.
The committee took a month to submit its elaborate report, which suggests ways to deal with crimes against women.
The panel has recommended enhanced punishment of imprisonment up to 20 years for rape and life term for gang rape and murder.
It has also suggested that crimes like stalking, disrobing a woman and voyeurism be treated as new offences with stringent punishment.
The government has said that it is looking into the possibility of giving capital punishment in cases of rape that are gruesome and can be assessed to be included in the rarest of rare by the judiciary
Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath on Saturday said the ordinance approved by the Union Cabinet on the basis of the Justice Verma Committee report, would definitely create fear among criminal elements of the society.
Tirath said then: “The Cabinet has agreed to most of the recommendations proposed by in the Justice Verma Committee report. We have included issues like stalking, acid attack and the stringent punishment in the ordinance sent to the President. We will get it passed through Parliament in the upcoming Budget session.