On a day when the Centre’s Ministry of Home Affairs told the Supreme Court that the West Bengal authorities are posing a hurdle in the deployment of CISF personnel at R.G.Kar Hospital, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s government got the Aparajita Woman and Child Bill passed in the Assembly with the support of BJP. The bill provides for death penalty to those convicted in rape cases where the victim dies or is rendered permanently crippled, imprisonment for rest of life in rape and gang rape cases, life term or death penalty for repeat offenders in rape cases, probe to be completed within 21 days with possible extension of 15 days, creation of 52 special courts, setting up of Aparajita Task Force in districts headed by a DSP, and jail or fine for unauthorized publishing of court proceedings in rape cases.
OPINION | Mamata’s anti-rape Bill is good: Implementation is the key
September 05, 2024
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On a day when the Centre’s Ministry of Home Affairs told the Supreme Court that the West Bengal authorities are posing a hurdle in the deployment of CISF personnel at R.G.Kar Hospital, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s government got the Aparajita Woman and Child Bill passed in the Assembly with the support of BJP. The bill provides for death penalty to those convicted in rape cases where the victim dies or is rendered permanently crippled, imprisonment for rest of life in rape and gang rape cases, life term or death penalty for repeat offenders in rape cases, probe to be completed within 21 days with possible extension of 15 days, creation of 52 special courts, setting up of Aparajita Task Force in districts headed by a DSP, and jail or fine for unauthorized publishing of court proceedings in rape cases.
