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Comment by RavKtm | Hacker News Reader

This is no knee jerk reaction, it was tabled a good two years ago, the Lok Sabha had already passed the bill and today the Rajya Sabha. Though it might appear as a brash move to lower the age, the clause of being under age has been misused by organized crime as the least punishment was applicable.

Creative suggestions and covering those in detail is a media propaganda to keep the minutes running on their 24hr news channels.

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If the real problem is misuse of clause of being underage by organized criminals, then laws against organized crime and even more importantly it seems in India's case the infrastructure to prosecute the guilty should be strengthened. Toughening the laws for under aged does not seem the appropriate response in that case.

the clause of being under age has been misused by organized crime as the least punishment was applicable

And should we change our morals and flush away decades of cultivated ethics about juvenile justice because organized crime groups recruit underage people?

Creative suggestions and covering those in detail is a media propaganda

Here's an MP from the upper house of parliament, saying:

"Hands and legs of the males who commit rapes should be broken. A law for this should be enacted in this House." [1]

That's not propaganda. This is happening openly - because this time it's okay for people to show their worst sides.

[1]: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-make-law-to-break-hands...

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