Note Submitted CPI(M) to the Justice Verma Committee on Amendments to
Relevant Laws and Measures to Deal with Sexual Assaults & Violence
Against Women.
Some of the main points in the note are as follows:
1. In the case of aggravated sexual assault/rape
which would include gang-rape, child rape, custodial rape etc. the
maximum punishment should be rigorous life imprisonment for the entire
life of the person.
2. In other cases of rape, the maximum sentence should be life imprisonment.
3. In both the above categories the minimum sentence which is proposed in the draft Bill should be increased.There should be no provision in the law which will allow courts to
reduce the sentence even less than the minimum in the name of
“extenuating circumstances”.
4.There has to be time-bound disposal of all cases
of rape in courts. For this the law must provide for special fast-track
courts.
5. In all cases of sexual assault the case must be
completed within three months. No bail should be granted to the accused
while the hearings are on as the entire process will be time-bound.
6. Public servants not implementing the law
including timely filing of FIR should face punishment. In the proposed
amendment on this issue in the Bill, a minimum punishment should be
prescribed.
7. There must be rehabilitation measures including financial help mandated by law for victims of sexual assault.
8. Acid attacks on women must be treated as a
serious crime. The minimum sentence for which must be enhanced and the
maximum must provide for life imprisonment.
9. The law must mandate the setting up of a
monitoring mechanism to aid the steps being taken by various agencies to
prevent, control and punish those involved in sexual crimes against
women including minors.
10. Clauses in the IPC and other relevant laws concerning
sexual assault have to be gender specific and not gender neutral as
proposed in the Bill pending before parliament.
11. Steps have to be taken to prevent the broadcast or
publication of demeaning and highly sexist advertisements that commodify
women’s bodies and promote aggressive misogynist cultures.
12. The legal framework against sexual crimes must make
it mandatory to include in all educational syllabi in schools and
colleges gender sensitization courses for boys and girls and young men
and women
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