New Delhi: Exactly a month after it was set up, the panel headed by former chief justice of India JS Verma, is likely to submit its report to the Home Ministry today. Sources say in the report, Justice Verma may recommend updating criminal laws to make them more women-friendly.
The panel also comprises former high court chief justice Leila Seth and former solicitor general Gopal Subramanium.
The Congress, in its suggestions to the commission, reportedly called for life imprisonment for those accused of rape. It also reportedly recommended a harsher life sentence as compared to the present term of 20 years. The party also said the death penalty should be awarded only in the 'rarest of rare cases'.
The committee was set up after widespread criticism and anger over the gang-rape in a moving bus of 'Amanat' (NOT her real name) in New Delhi on December 16.
The lawyers of the accused have claimed that in Delhi, the government and the judiciary are feeling the weight of tremendous public pressure. They want the trial to be shifted from Delhi. The fast-track court handling the trial of the five accused has said the trial, scheduled to begin on Thursday, will be held in-camera or behind closed doors. The court was commissioned a few weeks ago to handle this case and others involving crimes against women.
On December 16, 'Amanat' and her male friend boarded a bus to head home after watching a movie at a South Delhi mall. The six men already on the bus, including the driver, sexually harassed the young woman and then hit her friend with an iron rod when he tried to intervene. The same rod was used on her before the men allegedly took turns to rape her. An hour later, they flung the couple onto the road. Amanat died two weeks after the attack.
The panel also comprises former high court chief justice Leila Seth and former solicitor general Gopal Subramanium.
The Congress, in its suggestions to the commission, reportedly called for life imprisonment for those accused of rape. It also reportedly recommended a harsher life sentence as compared to the present term of 20 years. The party also said the death penalty should be awarded only in the 'rarest of rare cases'.
The committee was set up after widespread criticism and anger over the gang-rape in a moving bus of 'Amanat' (NOT her real name) in New Delhi on December 16.
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The lawyers of the accused have claimed that in Delhi, the government and the judiciary are feeling the weight of tremendous public pressure. They want the trial to be shifted from Delhi. The fast-track court handling the trial of the five accused has said the trial, scheduled to begin on Thursday, will be held in-camera or behind closed doors. The court was commissioned a few weeks ago to handle this case and others involving crimes against women.
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On December 16, 'Amanat' and her male friend boarded a bus to head home after watching a movie at a South Delhi mall. The six men already on the bus, including the driver, sexually harassed the young woman and then hit her friend with an iron rod when he tried to intervene. The same rod was used on her before the men allegedly took turns to rape her. An hour later, they flung the couple onto the road. Amanat died two weeks after the attack.
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