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Juvenile justice bill passed in Rajya sabha
The victim’s mother, who last week publicly named her daughter for the first time, said the parents had failed to secure justice.
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After meeting Naqvi, they said they have been assured by the minister that the bill would be passed in Rajya Sabha today.
Stating that the Juvenile Justice bill was “rushed through” in the Rajya Sabha without thinking on ways to fight crime in detail, CPI(M) has rued that Parliament missed an opportunity to consider the “important” bill in a more “dispassionate and scientific” manner.
The Winter Session of Parliament ended on a disappointing note today with both the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Constitutional Amendment Bill as well as the Bankruptcy Bill failing to clear vote. She went onto add that, it was imperative to pass the bill because of the seriousness of certain crimes committed by juveniles.
Mr Athawale was speaking in support of changes in the law so that offenders who are 16-year-old and above can be tried and punished as adults in case of severe crimes like rape and murder.
“We may not be able to do anything about the juvenile convict in the Nirbhaya case but we can deter many other boys from doing so”, Gandhi pleaded.
Parliamentary Affairs minister M Venkaiah Naidu accused the opposition party of trying to stall the progress of the country and said it was unfair and unethical of going back on a commitment that had been made in the Chairman’s chamber.
“This House – I have said so outside and I have no hesitation in saying it now though I am a member of the other House – is a directly elected House”.
According to the bill, those between 16 and 18 years of age will be tried as adults for heinous offences. Amid protests, the juvenile convict in the case was sent to an NGO in Delhi on Sunday. “Though it has been delayed, we want this bill to be passed in parliament at the earliest”, Asha Devi told reporters.
“He would not have been released if this bill had been passed six months ago”.
“Although we are satisfied that the amendments have been passed as these will help victims of heinous crime get justice, there is grief that our daughter Jyoti was denied justice”.
Azad said as the Health Minister in 2012, he had taken every possible step to save the girl, including sending her for treatment, “but the prayers of crores of people and the capability of best doctors could not save her in the end”.
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However, the bill is being accused of being in violation to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which specifies that all children under the age of 18 will be treated as equal.