The draft report on three bills to replace the existing criminal laws has been withheld by the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Home Affairs on Friday. According to sources, Lok Sabha LoP and Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary, together with different opposition leaders like Congress’ P Chidambaram, Derek O Brien of the TMC and DMK’s NR Elango requested for a while to learn the drafts once more main to the delay within the choice.Â
The subsequent assembly of the committee might be held on November 6, 2023. Earlier, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs headed by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Brij was held in the present day within the committee room of the Parliament House Annexe.
The panel reviewed the draft reviews on the three bills- The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023′, ‘The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023’ and ‘The Bharatiya Sakshya 2023’- that search to replace the existing criminal laws. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill 2023 had been launched within the Lower House of Parliament on August 11.
These bills search to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860, Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 respectively. While introducing the bills, Home Minister Amit Shah mentioned the soul of those three new laws might be to defend all of the rights given by the Constitution to the residents. “British-era laws were made to strengthen and protect their rule and their purpose was to punish, not to give justice,” he mentioned.
“We (government) are going to bring changes in both these fundamental aspects. The soul of these three new laws will be to protect all the rights given by the Constitution to Indian citizens. The objective will not be to punish anyone but to give justice and in this process, punishment will be given where it is required to create a sense of prevention of crime,” Shah pressured. The Home Minister mentioned that the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill, which can replace CrPC, will now have 533 sections.
“A total of 160 sections have been changed, nine new sections have been added and nine sections have been repealed,” he mentioned.The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, which can replace the IPC, could have 356 sections as a substitute of the sooner 511 sections, the minister mentioned, including that 175 sections have been amended, 8 new sections have been added and 22 sections have been repealed. Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, which can replace the Evidence Act, will now have 170 sections as a substitute of the sooner 167. Shah mentioned 23 sections have been modified, one new part has been added and 5 repealed.
(With inputs from ANI)
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