• 9964432222
  • Mail Us
  • Appointment
  • Locate Us
  • Chat Now
  • Courses
  • Login
  • Register
Manifest IAS
JournalsOfIndia
Advertisement
  • Home
  • SNIPPETSfor Prelims
  • ARTICLESfor Mains
  • BROWSEBY SOURCE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • SNIPPETSfor Prelims
  • ARTICLESfor Mains
  • BROWSEBY SOURCE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result
JournalsOfIndia
No Result
View All Result
Home Society

Andhra Pradesh Disha (Special Courts for Specified Offences against Women and Children) Bill, 2020

March 11, 2021
in Society
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
Andhra Pradesh Disha (Special Courts for Specified Offences against Women and Children) Bill, 2020
64
VIEWS
Share on WhatsAppShare on TelegramShare on Facebook

In News: The Union government informed the Lok Sabha that an inter-ministerial consultation for the Andhra Pradesh Disha (Special Courts for Specified Offences against Women and Children) Bill, 2020, had been initiated and based on the inputs, the Bill would be processed further.

Feature of the Disha Bill

  • As per the Bill, the Andhra Pradesh government will establish, operate and maintain a register in electronic form, to be called the ‘Women & Children Offenders Registry’. This registry will be made public and will be available to law enforcement agencies.
  • Exclusive punishment of death penalty in cases relating to rape and murder of a woman where there is adequate conclusive evidence.
  • The judgment will have to be pronounced in 21 working days from date of offence in cases of rape crimes with substantial conclusive evidence.
  • The Bill prescribes life imprisonment for sexual offences against children as the existing punishment for molestation/sexual assault on children under the POCSO Act, 2012 ranges minimum of three years to a maximum of seven years of imprisonment.
  • In cases of harassment of women through email, social media, digital mode or any other form, the guilty shall be punishable with imprisonment. At present no such provision exists in the Indian Penal Code.
  • Exclusive special courts in each district of the State to ensure speedy trial. These courts will exclusively deal with cases of offences against women and children including rape, acid attacks, stalking, voyeurism, social media harassment of women, sexual harassment and all cases under the POCSO Act.
  • Constitution of special police teams and appointment of the special public prosecutor in special courts. There is no such provision in existing laws.
  • Bill paves the way for awarding death penalty for rape and gang rape and expediting verdicts in trials of such cases to 21 days.

Source: The Hindu and PRSIndia
Tags: PrelimsPRS India

Related Posts

Permanent Commission for Women : The SC rules the Annual Confidential Report Discriminatory

Permanent Commission for Women : The SC rules the Annual Confidential Report Discriminatory

April 6, 2021
Khasi Tribe

Khasi Tribe

April 6, 2021
Siddi Tribes

Siddi Tribes

April 5, 2021
Apatani tribe

Apatani tribe

March 30, 2021
Sanskritisation

Sanskritisation

March 30, 2021
Rohingya Muslims

Rohingya Muslims

March 29, 2021
SC Guidelines on Handling Cases of Sexual Crimes by the Judiciary

SC Guidelines on Handling Cases of Sexual Crimes by the Judiciary

March 26, 2021
100+ Curriculum based Comic books launched

100+ Curriculum based Comic books launched

March 26, 2021
World Tuberculosis Day

World Tuberculosis Day

March 26, 2021
Shigmotsav 2021

Shigmotsav 2021

March 26, 2021
Please login to join discussion
April 2021
MTWTFSS
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930 
« Mar    

Browse by Category

  • Agriculture
  • Disaster Management
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Ethics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Geography
  • Governance
  • History
  • Law & Policy
  • Opinion
  • People in News
  • Places in News
  • Science & Tech
  • Security
  • Society
  • Uncategorized

Browse by Tags

AIR Down to Earth GS-1 GS-2 GS-3 GS-4 India & the world Kurukshetra Mains news News Paper PIB Prelims PRS India RSTV Science Reporter Survey Yojana
JournalsOfIndia

Our vision is to orient the readers to grasp the facts objectively and analyse critically. In the rush of reaching first to the readers, the websites miss the balanced opinion, which is the need of the hour. We aim to reach the readers with more crispness, preciseness and relevance. We bring the articles in UPSC way for the civil services aspirants and the Wisest Way for general readers.

Categories

  • Agriculture
  • Disaster Management
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Ethics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Geography
  • Governance
  • History
  • Law & Policy
  • Opinion
  • People in News
  • Places in News
  • Science & Tech
  • Security
  • Society
  • Uncategorized

Browse by Tag

AIR Down to Earth GS-1 GS-2 GS-3 GS-4 India & the world Kurukshetra Mains news News Paper PIB Prelims PRS India RSTV Science Reporter Survey Yojana

Newsletter

The most important UPSC news and events of the day.

Get Journals daily newsletter on your inbox.

© 2020 JournalsOfIndia - A free initiative by Manifest Team.

  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Home
  • SNIPPETS
  • ARTICLES
  • BROWSE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result

© 2020 JournalsOfIndia - A free initiative by Manifest Team.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In