T.N. Assembly passes Bills to prevent sexual crimes
The Hindu
The Tamil Nadu Assembly has passed the Criminal Laws (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Bill, 2025, and the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women (Amendment) Act, 1998. The Bills were moved by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in the Assembly on Friday (January 10, 2025).
The Tamil Nadu Assembly has passed the Criminal Laws (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Bill, 2025, and the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women (Amendment) Act, 1998. The Bills were moved by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in the Assembly on Friday (January 10, 2025).
The objective of the Bills was to enhance punishment for sexual crimes against women and children and prosecute those harassing them on digital and electronic platforms.
The Criminal Laws Bill proposes a minimum 14 years of rigorous imprisonment for a rape convict, up from the present 10 years. If the rapist is a member of the police force, it seeks to double the minimum rigorous imprisonment to 20 years. If the rape victim is a girl aged below 12, it calls for life term as the minimum punishment and death penalty as the maximum.
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