The West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the `Aparajita` Bill after the Opposition lent full support to it. The anti-rape bill, titled `Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) Bill 2024`, aims to strengthen protection for women and children through revision and introduction of new provisions concerning rape and other sexual offences.

The Bill now requires assent from West Bengal`s Governor CV Ananda Bose and Union government before it can be enacted as a law.