As presented to Honble Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh on 23rd January, 2013, under Chairmanship of Justice J.S. VERMA (Retd.). This committee was formed on 23 rd December 2012 after the brutal rape-incident in New Delhi on 16th December, 2012, to look into the shortcomings of the existing criminal laws, especially sex-offences related to women and rapes.