Private Member Bills are being introduced in the Rajya Sabha. Dr Syed Naseer Hussain introduced The Voyeurism (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Bill, 2024). Congress member Shaktisingh Gohil introduced two Bills in the Upper House of the Parliament - The Medicines and Medical Devices (Price Control and Accessibility) Bill 2025, and The Digital Health Records (Mandatory Use) Bill 2025.
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) member from Maharashtra Dr Fauzia Khan withdrew the Prevention of Fraudulent Calls Bill, 2024. She also introduced The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill 2024. She elaborated the reasons on why she had brought the Bill. "Many victims face delays," she quipped. She said that a law in the United Kingdom provides state compensation to victims. She also cited a similar law in Germany.
BJP member from Uttar Pradesh Dr Radha Mohan Das Agarwal complemented Dr Fauzia Khan for introducing the Bill. "Fauzia Khan has brought important issue, but if we feel that only the legal system will provide a solution to it, it is wrong. Such crimes take place all over the world and is not only confined to India," Dr Agarwal said.
"Child sexual abuse as much as it takes place in the family and among relatives, it happens in villages, it does not happen outside. You can make POSCO in 2012, and amend it in 2019... most of the children do not understand what has happened. Those who commit such crimes are not normal people, most of them are mentally ill," he added.