Ordinance likely to award death penalty for raping children up to 12 years

The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved the ordinance to allow courts to award death penalty to those convicted of raping minors under 12 years.....»»

The Union Cabinet has cleared an ordinance to award death sentence to those convicted of raping children up to 12 years of age. Read all the updates and latest developments around the ordinance.....»»

The Union Cabinet has cleared an ordinance to award death sentence to those convicted of raping children up to 12 years of age. Read all the updates and latest developments around the ordinance.....»»

President Ram Nath Kovind today promulgated an ordinance to pave way for providing stringent punishment, including death penalty, for those convicted of raping minors below 12 years.....»»

The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved an ordinance to mete out stringent punishment to those convicted of raping girls below 12 years of age.....»»

The Union Cabinet has cleared an ordinance to award death sentence to those convicted of raping children below the age of 12. Read all the updates around the ordinance.....»»

The move comes against the backdrop of the alleged rape and murder of girls in Kathua, Unnao and Surat.....»»

The punishment for gang rape of a girl below 16 years will invariably be imprisonment for the rest of life, officials said.....»»

India’s government prescribed the death penalty for people convicted of raping children under 12 to help combat an increase in violent crime against women......»»

Take, for example, the issue of death penalty for those accused of raping young girls. For one, it is more likely this will lead to more rape victims being killed.....»»

Do our patriarchal and judgemental police, prosecutors, judges and the media even believe these victims, let alone award death penalty?.....»»

The victim's father also said: Whatever the government is doing is good and we are hopeful of getting justice for our child".....»»

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi declared last week that her ministry was in favour of amending the POCSO Act to make the rape of minors below 12 years carry the death sentence.....»»

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