NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has appointed a Commission of Inquiry to address “unheeded” complaints of women by the police and tasked it to recommend action in cases of crime against women and amendments to existing laws.
The three-member commission, to be headed by retired district judge Dinesh Dayal, will receive complaints, including on violence, sexual harassment, stalking and voyeurism against women since February 2013.
The appointment of the probe panel was notified by Delhi Women and Child Development Department on January 19.
The Arvind Kejriwal government had in August called a one-day assembly session, which had passed a resolution to set up the commission following the brutal murder of a 19-year-old girl in Anand Parbat area here on July 16, last year.
The tenure of the commission shall be for a period of two years and it will submit its report to the government every three months from ..
by : PTI
