Assent to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013, making anti-rape laws very stringent has been given by the President Pranab Mukherjee.<\/p>\n
on March 19 the had been passed by the Lok Sabha\u00a0by Rajya Sabha on March 21.<\/p>\n
The President accorded assent to the Bill and it would now be called the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013.<\/p>\n
The Bill was brought in the wake of the December 16, 2012, brutal gangrape and subsequent death of a Delhi para-medic which had caused nationwide uproar demanding stringent laws to punish the culprits of such heinous crimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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