Justice Verma Committee (2013)
Topic: Safeguards for Vulnerable Sections: SCs, STs, OBCs, Minorities, Women and Children · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Justice Verma Committee was set up after the gang rape in Delhi in December 2012. Its job was to suggest stronger laws on sexual crimes against women. It reported on 23 January 2013. Its work led to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013.
Example
The 2013 Act widened the legal definition of rape. It also made stalking, voyeurism (secretly watching or filming a woman in a private act) and acid attack separate offences. These changes followed the committee's report.
Don't confuse with
- Nirbhaya Fund (2013): created in the same period, but it is a fund that pays for women's safety projects. The Verma Committee was a body that recommended changes to the law.
Related concepts
- Equal Remuneration Act 1976
- Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2013
- Internal Committee
- Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017
- Babita Puniya case
- Dowry Prohibition Act 1961
- Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005
- Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021
- Nirbhaya Fund