“Needless flutter over the three new Nyaya Samhitas”, Swarajyamag, August 13, 2023:
“The tabling of three major bills in the Lok Sabha by the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, on 11 August, formally initiated a legislative process of major judicial reforms.
He informed the house that the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, will be replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill, 2023, the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1898, will be replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill, 2023 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, will be replaced by the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023.
This is a most welcome step since these reforms were long overdue by decades.
Their intents are numerous. A fundamental change is a recasting of the laws to focus on the protection of citizens and their interests, rather than punishing them, which was the original intent of such laws framed by a colonial power…..”
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