“Liberating Justice from colonial legacy: Decoding the Nyaya, Suraksha & Sakshya Bills”, Verdictum, August 29, 2023:
“In the annals of India’s journey as a Democratic Republic post-independence, a significant development unfolded on Friday, the 11thof August, 2023, which coincidentally also marked the conclusion of this year’s Monsoon Session of the Indian Parliament.
Three Bills were introduced by the Union Home Minister, in a bid to shed away the colonial legacies of the Criminal Codes- both substantive and procedural. The Bills presented are the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, designed to replace the current Indian Penal Code of 1860, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill, 2023, intended to supplant the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023, to succeed the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
Since their introduction, these Bills have stirred considerable discussion amongst the legal fraternity, academia, as well as the society at large…..”
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