On January 10th the Tamil Nadu government passed two new bills about sexual crimes. These bills are made to help protect women and children by making the laws tougher. They want to make sure people who commit these crimes face stronger punishments and that victims have ways to get legal help against digital harassment.
One of the bills changes a law from 1998 about harassing women making the penalties harder for people who do these things. The other bill changes another law to include online harassment and make sure the punishments are more clear. By doing both of these the government is trying to fight against sexual violence and harassment both in real life and online.
These new bills are trying to make the laws in Tamil Nadu better and safer for women and children. The government is hoping that making laws stronger and closing some gaps will stop people from doing these harmful things. They also want to make sure that people who commit these crimes are held responsible.