There should be no provision of mercy pleas for child rapists, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Friday as he called on the Parliament to consider a review.
The decision came a day after the Ministry of Women and Child Development told the Supreme Court that it was proposing the death penalty for those convicted of raping children.
The Madhya Pradesh assembly on Monday unanimously passed the bill providing for capital punishment to convicts in cases of rape and gang-rape of girls up to the age of 12.
New Delhi,Apr 21: BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's demand for death penalty to child rapists on Sunday got the backing of CPM which said it was open to the idea."We are willing to discuss and consider
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