Anti-rape bill to be introduced in LS tomorrow
March 18, 2013  14:09
The anti-rape bill is to be introduced in the Lok Sabha tomorrow. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013, which proposes to lower the age of consent from 18 years to 16 years, was cleared by the Cabinet on Thursday. The Samajwadi Party, which extends outside support to the Congress-led UPA, has raised objections against the provisions relating to stalking and lowering age of consent.
The government now says it is not averse to keeping age of consent as 18.
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