For speedy trial of rape cases, new fast track courts will be set up in consultation with States/UTs and High Courts.
The punishment should have been to all rapists ; not confined to girls blow 12 years . This law is not going to stop rape , but it will surely reduce it .To make it more effective , the relatives of... Read MoreMerit Basha
Existing provisions of the POCSO Act provide for life imprisonment, though after the Nirbhaya case in 2012 the Centre had introduced the death penalty in cases where a woman either dies or is left in a vegetative state after rape.
The ordinance will now have to be passed by both the Houses of Parliament within six weeks.
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