Political Science · Political Institutions in India
UGC NET December 2014 Political Science
Who among the following was a member of the Justice J.S. Verma Committee constituted following the Nirbhaya Case?
AJustice Fatima Beevi
BJustice Leila Seth ✓ Correct
CJustice Gyan Sudha Mishra
DJustice G Rohini
Correct answer: (B) Justice Leila Seth — Justice Leila Seth was a member of the Justice J.S. Verma Committee, so option B is correct.
Explanation
★Justice Leila Seth was a member of the Justice J.S. Verma Committee, so option B is correct.
★The committee was constituted in December 2012 after the Nirbhaya gang-rape case in Delhi to recommend amendments to criminal law for faster trial and tougher punishment for sexual assault.
★It was a three-member committee: Justice J.S. Verma, a former Chief Justice of India, as chairman, along with Justice Leila Seth and Gopal Subramanium, a former Solicitor General.
★Justice Leila Seth was the first woman judge of the Delhi High Court and the first woman Chief Justice of a State High Court, Himachal Pradesh.
★The committee submitted its report in January 2013, within 29 days, recommending changes on rape, sexual harassment, trafficking and child sexual abuse.
★Its recommendations led to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013, which widened the definition of rape and added new offences such as stalking, voyeurism and acid attack.
★Justice M. Fathima Beevi was the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India in 1989, not a member of this committee.
★Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra was a Supreme Court judge but was not part of the Verma Committee.
★Justice G. Rohini chaired the Commission for sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes set up in 2017, unrelated to this committee.
★For NET, link the Verma Committee with the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 and the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 as the legislative responses on women's safety.
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