Justice Verma Committee Report	Criminal Amendment Bill, 2013
Age of consent	Lower age of consent for consensual sex to 16 years	Retains age of consent at 18 years
Gang rape	20 years imprisonment and life imprisonment for rape and murder. Refrained from recommending death penalty	20 years imprisonment and death penalty for repeat offenders
Sexual assault/ rape	Seven years to life imprisonment and compensation to victim to meet at least medical bills	Seven years to life imprisonment and fine
Stalking, voyeurism	Include them under sexual assault as non-bailable offences	Included but first offence made bailable
Recording of victim’s statement	Videography of statement from victim should be made mandatory	NA (not accepted)
Rape by defence personnel	Amend controversial section of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) so that armed force personnel, who commit crimes against women, can be tried under ordinary criminal law	NA
Electoral reforms	Ban politicians facing sexual charges from contesting elections	NA

Other recommendations of the JVC which the government has rejected/is yet to act upon include:

• Establish a new constitutional authority akin to CAG for education and discrimination against women and children.

• Implement police reforms and enforce autonomy of police.

• Police officers should be duty bound to assist victims of sexual offences irrespective of jurisdiction.

• Members of Parliament with sexual assault/rape cases booked against them must step down.

• Discontinue the two-finger test conducted to determine the laxity of vaginal muscles. 

• Ban khap panchayats from acting as parallel legal forums.

• Public transport should be made safer for women.

• Special commissioners should be appointed to address the issues of violence against women in conflict areas such as Kashmir, Chattisgarh and Manipur, and armed forces must be brought under common law.

• The number of judges should be increased with due consideration to quality.

• Enact a Bills of Rights for Women

• Introduce gender sensitisation and sex education in education institutions