<p>The government will introduce a bill seeking stringent punishment, including death penalty, for hijackers. The bill will be moved in the Rajya Sabha this week.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Union Cabinet on December 2 approved the new legislation strengthening an earlier bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha in 2010.<br /><br />Sources said the government would now withdraw the Anti-Hijacking Amendment Bill, 2010, and introduce the new bill. The current law, the Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982, was last amended in 1994.<br /><br />The Business Advisory Committee of the Rajya Sabha is learnt to have allotted two hours for the discussion of the bill.<br /><br />After the hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight IC-814 in December 1999, it was felt necessary for awarding death penalty to perpetrators of the act of hijacking. The incident of 9/11, where aircraft were used as weapons, also created the need to further amend the existing Act.</p>
<p>The government will introduce a bill seeking stringent punishment, including death penalty, for hijackers. The bill will be moved in the Rajya Sabha this week.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Union Cabinet on December 2 approved the new legislation strengthening an earlier bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha in 2010.<br /><br />Sources said the government would now withdraw the Anti-Hijacking Amendment Bill, 2010, and introduce the new bill. The current law, the Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982, was last amended in 1994.<br /><br />The Business Advisory Committee of the Rajya Sabha is learnt to have allotted two hours for the discussion of the bill.<br /><br />After the hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight IC-814 in December 1999, it was felt necessary for awarding death penalty to perpetrators of the act of hijacking. The incident of 9/11, where aircraft were used as weapons, also created the need to further amend the existing Act.</p>
