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A.P. Home Minister tables 2 bills for stringent punishment for crime against women

  • The State Govt has tabled two bills as a step towards providing harsher punishment – including death sentence – to those guilty of heinous crimes against women. 
     
  • The bills have been titled the Andhra Pradesh Disha Act – Criminal law (Andhra Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2019 and Andhra Pradesh Special Courts for specified offences against women and Children Act, 2019. 
     
  • Home Minister Mekathoti Sucharita introduced the two bills in the assembly. 
     
  • "Govt has decided to constitute exclusive special courts for speedy trail of specified offences against women and children by a new law,” said the home minister. 
     
  • The govt also decided to slap cases on people who slander women on social media. First time offenders could face two-year jail term, while a repeat offence could attract double the punishment. 
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