in july 2014, minister of women and child development, maneka gandhi said that they were preparing a new law which will allow 16-year-olds to be tried as adult. she said that 50% of juvenile crimes were committed by teens who "thought" that they get away with it. she added that changing the law, which will allow them to be tried for murder and rape as adults, would scare them. the bill was introduced in the parliament by maneka gandhi on 12 august 2014. on 22 april 2015, the cabinet cleared the final version after some changes.