Mumbai, Jul 5 : Maharashtra Assembly Today extended the deadline of joint committee on Shakti bill till the last day of the next Assembly session.
The deadline to file report was extended after a proposal from the Home minister Dilip Walse Patil in this regard.
It may be recalled that the committee is preparing the final draft of the Shakti Bill and it has 21 members from all parties 14 members from the Lower House and seven from the Upper House.
In January, former home minister Anil Deshmukh, who is also the Chairman of Joint Committee of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and Council, had invited suggestions and amendments to Shakti Bills from the general public.
Last year on December 14, the Maharashtra government tabled the Shakti Bill, pertaining to the prevention of incidents of violence and atrocities against women and children in the state.(UNI)