Supreme Court said the parliament has
to consider a law for child rapists. The law should be cruel that the
rapists must be punished with Chemical castration. The supreme court
said, "It's the job of Parliament. How can court suggest punishment
which is not in law? But we can suggest it to Parliament."
The
response came from Supreme court with respect to a petition by the
Supreme Court women lawyers association. The petitioners in their
statement said that Children from 2 to 10 years are being harassed and
the statistics are high.
In order to
stop such heinous crimes, the court must make tough punishments.
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said that while child rape and abuse
could not be tolerated, the court cannot suggest specific punishment
like castration.
He also said only the
legislature will decide the punishment. The court also suggested that
Parliament must define child abuse and they must bring harsh punishment
for those who convict of raping kids.