West Bengal Governor sends Aparajita anti-rape Bill to President for consideration
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has sent the newly passed Aparajita Bill for consideration of the President of India after receiving the mandatory technical report from the West Bengal government.
“On receipt of a mandatory technical report from the West Bengal government, the Governor has referred the Aparajita Bill for consideration of the President of India,” a Raj Bhawan statement said.
The West Bengal state assembly passed a new bill, named Aparajita Women & Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024, on Tuesday.
“Today the Chief Secretary called on the Governor. In the afternoon the mandatory technical report was made available to the Governor by the government. The Governor has reserved the Bill for consideration of the President of India. Now West Bengal Bill will join the lot of similar other Bills pending with the President from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh,” the statement posted in Raj Bhawan Media cell X Handle said.
State Law minister Moloy Ghatak introduced the new Bill. “The new bill includes certain amendments and aims expedited investigation, fast justice delivery and enhanced punishment,” West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on the floor of the House.
Referring the bill, which seeks amendments in the relevant provision under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, during the debate on the new bill, claimed on
