Parliamentary panel recommends retaining IPC Section 377, adultery provision; death for gang-rape of minors
A Parliamentary panel on the three criminal Bills has made several suggestions for the government, which includes bringing back IPC Section 377, which was partially struck down by the Supreme Court in 2018, and retaining the adultery provision, among others. Speaking to IANS on Tuesday, BJP MP Brij Lal, who heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, said, “The panel has recommended several things in all the three Bills. There are many new things in the Bills.”