Can Bengal’s Aparajita anti-rape bill override Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and impose capital punishment for rapists?

[ad_1] Kolkata doctor rape case: The West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the Aparajita anti-rape bill, that seeks capital punishment for rapists in the state. Speaking in support of the bill in the state Assembly, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, “In the Kamduni case (the North 24 Parganas rape), we demanded capital punishment… but…

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’If Bangladeshis come knocking…’: Mamata Banerjee’s promise as deadly job quota protests kill over 150

[ad_1] “If Bangladeshis come knocking on our door, we will provide them shelter,” West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday during the party’s annual ‘Shahis Dibas’ gathering at Kolkata’s Esplanade. CM Mamata Banerjee cited the United Nations Resolution on refugees to validate her statement. Bangladesh is currently witnessing…

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