New Delhi: Delhi’s AAP government has set up a Commission of Inquiry to address “unheeded” complaints of women by the police and assigned it to recommend action in cases of crime against women and amendments to present laws.
The three-member commission, to be led by retired district judge Dinesh Dayal, will receive complaints, including on violence, sexual harassment, stalking and voyeurism against women since February 2013.
In August, the Arvind Kejriwal government had called a one-day assembly session, which had passed a resolution to appoint the commission after the brutal murder of a 19-year-old girl in Anand Parbat area on July 16, last year. The appointment of the probe panel was notified by Delhi Women and Child Development Department on January 19.
The tenure of the commission shall be for two years and it will submit its report to the government every three months from the date of its first sitting.
As per the terms of reference of the panel, it will receive “unheeded” complaints of crimes committed against women since February 2013, that is, following the amendments made to IPC (1860) and CrPC (1973) on the basis of some recommendations suggested by Justice Verma Committee and to advocate action to the state government.
Among others, the panel is likely to propose measures to accelerate all the proceedings in such criminal cases, put forward steps for proper implementation of existing laws and the Verma committee recommendations so as to avoid recurrence of such incidents.