reach a consensus, govt agrees to
drop the provision to decrease age
of consensual sex from 18 to 16.
Various opposition parties had
strong reservations against the
proposal. Opposition protest was
both on legal and moral grounds.
By law, minimum age of marriage
is 18, so if age of consent is
reduced it will sanction both sex
among minors and pre-marital sex.
The govt has only four working
days to get the criminal laws
amendment bill passed before
Parliament goes into recess. If all
goes well, anti-rape bill will be
tabled in Lok Sabha tomorrow.
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