Governor K Sankaranarayanan has signed the ordinance on the anti-black magic legislation after the government pushed for it following the killing of activist Dr Narendra Dabholkar. The governor’s office said the ordinance was promulgated without making any changes to the draft that was forwarded by the state cabinet two days ago.
The ordinance has been sent back to the government, which will now record it in the state gazette before issuing a final notification. “All formalities will be completed by Monday, and then we’ll be on course to implement this. The ordinance has retained the essence of the initial draft bill,” said a senior official of the social justice department.
The state cabinet had decided to push for the ordinance in the wake of mounting pressure and protests following the murder of Dr Dabholkar in Pune.
The draft ordinance proposal was signed by chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and sent to the governor for approval. It replaces the draft Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2011, pending before the Assembly.
The passage of the bill, first introduced a decade ago and altered at least 24 times so far, had been stuck because of opposition from certain groups.
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