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Centre launches sex offenders’ registry

By uniquetimes September 21, 2018 0

Taking lessons from many progressive societies which strive to ensure the safety of their women utilising their legal framework effectively and brilliantly, the Indian government have launched the laudable program of National Sex Offenders’ Registry, which contains the name, address and, even, fingerprint of all convicted sex offenders who have been found guilty in the Continue Reading

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WCD Minister Maneka Gandhi directs states to inspect all CCIs including MoC

By uniquetimes July 17, 2018 0

The Women and Child Development Minister, Maneka Gandhi, has ordered the state governments to inspect all Child Care Institutions, including those run by the Missionaries of Charity founded by Nobel Peace Prize Laurite Mother Teresa, after the ministry got a tipoff that some kinds of irregularities happened in the adoption of children in the MoC […]Continue Reading

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Proposal recommending death punishment for rape of minors presented before cabinet

By uniquetimes April 21, 2018 0

In the wake of the shocking incidents of the rape and murder of a minor girl in Kathua and the rape of a minor girl allegedly by a law maker in Unnao, a proposal recommending death punishment for rape of minors has been developed. The aforesaid proposal has been presented before the cabinet for its […]Continue Reading

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Parliament passes Maternity Benefit (amendment) Bill  

By uniquetimes March 10, 2017 0

  Offering a series of maternity benefits to the Indian women, a day after the International Working Women’s day, the Indian Parliament has cleared the Maternity Benefit (amendment) Bill. The bill, which is expected to benefit nearly 1.8 million women, has increased the number of weeks for maternity leave to twenty-six weeks from twelve weeks. […]Continue Reading

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Maneka Gandhi unveils juvenile ‘draft model rule’; no FIR for petty crimes

By uniquetimes May 26, 2016 0

Several months after the clearance of the controversial Juvenile Justice rule that removed the constrictions to trial the juvenile offenders above 16-year-age under adult laws for serious crimes like rape and murder, the Union women and child development minister, Maneka Gandhi, has unveiled the ‘draft model rule’ of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015. Notably, the law […]Continue Reading

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Sex determination ban to be lifted: Maneka Gandhi

By uniquetimes February 2, 2016 0

Central Union minister for women and child development Maneka Gandhi revealed a reverse step to tackle sex selective abortion. She announced in a press conference on Monday in Jaipur that the 2 decade old sex determination process which was banned will be lifted and it will be made mandatory. Union minister said in the conference “A […]Continue Reading