No difference with home ministry on anti-rape bill: Law minister

March 10, 2013 12:57

Rejecting suggestions that ministries are split over various provisions of the proposed anti-rape bill, Law Minister Ashwani Kumar has said proposals are brought before the Union cabinet after sufficient discussions.

He also said that there is no finality in law making and the government is open for persuasion when the proposed Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013 comes up for discussion in Parliament. He expressed confidence that the ordinance on crimes against women, which will be replaced by the proposed bill will not be allowed to lapse.

"There is almost no difference between the law ministry and the home ministry. The facts remains that we are giving to people of India a very important law and it needed reflection," Kumar told Karan Thapar on CNN-IBN's Devil's Advocate programme.

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