(i)         Video Conferencing

• Under Criminal Amendment Act, 2013, provision has been made to facilitate recording of statement of the complainant under section 164 Cr. P.C., 1973 through video-conferencing.   NCW facilitated use of this provision for the first time in the case of a girl who had filed a complaint regarding threat to her life due to her marriage against the wishes of both parents.

• Incidentally, this was the first case, after Criminal Amendment Act, 2013 wherein statement of the complainant under Section 164 Cr. P.C. has been recorded through video conferencing on 9/6/2015 and police has agreed to take further necessary action appropriate as per Law with reference to the said FIR under section 363 and 366 IPC.

• Internal Complaint Committee- National Commission for Women has nominated its Law Officer as a member of Internal Complaint Committee in various organizations and ministries.NCW has also sent its Law Officer for orientation/ workshops on The Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.