QuestionPolity / law reform
The Justice J S Verma Committee was constituted in 2012 to propose legal reforms regarding the safety of which of the following sections of Indian society?
- (a) Dalits and Backward castes
- (b) Women
- (c) Religious minorities
- (d) Children
Answer: (b) Women
After the Delhi gang rape (Dec 2012), the Justice J.S. Verma Committee proposed reforms of criminal law on crimes against women. It led to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013.