India News: The Calcutta High Court has stated that charges under the Pocso Act result in automatic criminalisation, as it acquitted a man who had a relationship
A working paper, co-authored by EAC-PM member Sanjeev Sanyal, said that the government should opt for a system of graded fines and remove imprisonment provisions except in extreme cases for labeling offences in the commercial sector while simplifying the 2011 Packaging Rules and putting in place a system to consolidate all the statutory mandates from labeling related changes to improve the ease of doing business in the country.
that strong message. i mean, i campaigned for the criminalisation of forced marriage. that, i m hearing, from the younger generation today, is acting as a deterrent, as almost a tool to negotiate with family members. to be clear, you achieved that. yeah. i mean, that legislation was passed. absolutely. and younger people are telling me now that, we re able to say to our parents, you can t do this to us. it s against the law. you ll go to prison . so. but i have to say, change is really slow in that community, where this is happening. where the change is happening is the increase in reporting. karma nirvana, i left in 2018, has a national helpline now. we have civil, criminal law. recently, the age of consent for marriage for children in england and wales has been increased from 16 to 18. yeah, you can t marry under 18. no. so, we ve changed things significantly, in terms of leaving that lasting change. i should say that s in england and wales, it s not in scotland and northern i
done in karma nirvana, this ngo that you established afterwards, has made any difference to the mindset of people, including women like your late mother? i think it has. i think it s made an influence in terms of sending out that strong message. i mean, i campaigned for the criminalisation of forced marriage. that, i m hearing, from the younger generation today, is acting as a deterrent, as almost a tool to negotiate with family members. to be clear, you achieved that. yeah. i mean, that legislation was passed. absolutely. and younger people are telling me now that, we re able to say to our parents, you can t do this to us. it s against the law. you ll go to prison . so. but i have to say, change is really slow in that community, where this is happening. where the change is happening is the increase in reporting. karma nirvana, i left in 2018, has a national helpline now. we have civil, criminal law.