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Andhra Pradesh Govt. appoints two ‘Disha Special Officers’

Sumit Arora Published On January 3rd, 2020 Leave a comment

The Andhra Pradesh government-appointed Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official Dr Kritika Shukla and Indian Police Service (IPS) official M Deepika, as Special Officers for implementing the Andhra Pradesh Disha Act 2019.

The Act is intended for speedy trial and faster execution in cases of sexual offences against women in the state. To ensure a speedy trial, the state will set up exclusive special courts in all the 13 districts to deal with cases of offences against women and children including rape, acid attacks, stalking, voyeurism, social media harassment of women, sexual harassment and all cases under POCSO Act.

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CM of Andhra Pradesh: YS Jaganmohan Reddy.
Governor of Andhra Pradesh: Biswa Bhusan Harichandan.

Source: The Hindu

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