Delhi HC Seeks Centre’s Response On PIL Against 2013 Amendment To Rape Law [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court has sought the Centre’s response on a PIL challenging the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013, in which a penal provision - minimum of seven years of jail term - for a rape convict was included and the court’s discretion to award less that that was taken away.A joint petition was filed by social activist Madhu Purnima Kishwar, a Tihar jail prisoner and wife of...