Thursday, September 8, 2011

Law Commission Asks Public Response on Amendment of IPC Section 498-A

New Delhi (ABC Live): Indian Government is working to amend Section 498-A of Indian Penal Code, which relates to a ‘husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.

On Consultation Paper-Cum-Questionnaire Regarding Section 498-A of Indian Penal Code Government says that as per the information received from the Law Commission of India, the Law Commission has taken up the study of various aspects of Section 498-A of Indian Penal Code and has prepared a Consultation Paper-cum-Questionnaire regarding this Section of Indian Penal Code and circulated to all concerned to elicit views thereon.

Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice, said that the Law Commission has received a large number of responses from various quarters and the same are being examined by them. As far as compoundability of the offence is concerned, the report of the Law Commission is not finalized.

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