New Delhi: The Centre on Monday introduced in a invoice that redefines “cruelty” in opposition to girls to incorporate hurt to her “mental health”.

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, one of many three payments introduced by Union Home Minister Amit Shah within the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, defines cruelty as “any wilful conduct, which is of such a nature as is likely to drive the woman to commit suicide, or to cause grave injury, or danger to life, limb or health (whether mental or physical).”

This is the primary time that the Centre is together with psychological harassment among the many offences that outline “cruelty” in opposition to girls. The Bill additionally recommends a jail time period of three years for the husband and in-laws of the girl, if discovered responsible of cruelty.

The Nyaya Sanhita, together with The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, have been launched in August this yr and are slated to exchange the prevailing prison codes. However, after a requirement from the Opposition, the payments have been referred to the Parliamentary Committee of Home Affairs for scrutiny.