NewsIndiaJustice Verma Committee rejects death, chemical castration for rape convicts, suggests full life term
Justice Verma Committee rejects death, chemical castration for rape convicts, suggests full life term
New Delhi, Jan 24: The Justice J S Verma Committee has rejected demands for enhancing the sentence for gruesome rapes to death or chemical castration.In its report submitted to the Home Ministry on Wednesday, the
The committee has also attacked some of the patriarchal features of the existing statute. it has suggested, what is effectively introduction of martital rape in India. for, the existing law penalizes marital rape only if the wife is below 15 years of age.
