'Aparajita' Bill: Key provisions of West Bengal's anti-rape legislation passed unanimously

03 September,2024 02:20 PM IST |  Kolkata  |  mid-day online correspondent

The anti-rape bill, titled `Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) Bill 2024`, aims to strengthen protection for women and children in the state.

Mamata Banerjee/ File Photo


The West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the 'Aparajita' Bill after the Opposition lent full support to it. The anti-rape bill, titled 'Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) Bill 2024', aims to strengthen protection for women and children through revision and introduction of new provisions concerning rape and other sexual offences.

The Bill now requires assent from West Bengal's Governor CV Ananda Bose and Union government before it can be enacted as a law.

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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had called for a two-day special session of the assembly on Monday in the wake of the Kolkata doctor rape-murder case. In August, a woman medic at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was brutally sexually assaulted and killed.

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With PTI inputs

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