RAJYA SABHA
The Government has
proposed to amend the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 to make it more
friendly to women.
A proviso to
section 146 in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 is proposed to be
inserted to the effect that in a prosecution for rape and attempt
to commit rape, it shall not be permissible to put questions in
the cross-examination of the prosecutrix as to her general immoral
character. Further, Clause (4) of Section 155, which provides
that when a man is prosecuted for rape or an attempt to ravish,
it may be shown that the prosecutrix was of generally immoral
character is proposed to be omitted.
A Bill on the
above lines has already been introduced in the Lok Sabha on November
28, 2002.
The proposed
amendment is in keeping with the recommendations of the Law Commission
and the National Commission for Women.
This information
was given by the Union Minister of Law and Justice, Shri K. Jana
Krishnamurthi in a written reply to a question from Dr. Abrar
Ahmed in the Rajya Sabha today.
