Patil to open seminar on communal violence bill Webindia123.com Mumbai | January 23, 2006 10:40:19 PM IST
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil will inaugurate a day-long seminar on 'Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill, 2005', tommorrow at the Y B Chavan centre here. Chief Ministers of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa and the administrators of Daman and Dadra-Nagar Haveli union territories will speak on the occasion. During the seminar, eminent personalities from various sections of the society working for communal harmony, have also been invited to express their views. The provisions in the bill which will be discussed are powers of the state governments to prevent communal violence, punishments to the guilty, constitution of a special task force and a special court, rehabilitation of the victims as well as formation of a national council and the powers and jurisdiction of the council.(UNI)