(After abrogation of Article 370, ensuring construction of a grand Ram temple, abolishing of Triple Talaq, passing women quota Bill and getting a new Parliament complex, the Modi Govt replaces 150-year-old IPC, CrPC laws and also abolishes Sedition law)
Home Minister Amit Shah says that the Bharatiya Nagararik Suraksha Sanhita protects rights of victims as well as accused, highlights the emphasis on digitisation of the processes involved in the criminal justice system.
#BREAKING Lok Sabha passes three criminal law bills which seek to repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code, CrPC and the Indian Evidence Act.
Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiy Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill passed.
"The sedition law made by the British, under which Tilak Maharaj, Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel, and many of our freedom fighters remained in jail for years and that law continues till date.
For the first time, the Modi government has decided to completely abolish the sedition law," he said while speaking in the Lok Sabha.
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which will replace the Indian Penal Code, focusses on justice rather than punishment, Amit Shah stated.
"Mob lynching is a heinous crime, and the new law includes a provision for the death penalty for mob lynching. But I want to ask Congress why, after years of ruling the country, you didn't pass a law prohibiting mob lynching? You used the term mob lynching to mock us, but you failed to pass laws when you were in power," Home Minister Amit Shah took a jibe at the grand old party.
"The punishments for looting the government treasury, uprooting railway tracks, and insulting the British crown were previously retained in the law that will be repealed. Priority is now given to crime against women and children, its impact on the human body, and the country's security. There are also military, election, and currency laws," explained the Home Minister.
"In CrPC there were 484 sections, now there will be 531 sections in it. Changes have been made in 177 sections and 9 new sections have been added. 39 new sub-sections have been added. 44 new provisions have been added...".
"If someone opposes the government, he should not be punished because it is his right to free speech. Anyone who works against the country must not be spared and must face the harshest punishment.
Terrorism is the worst form of human rights violation, and anyone involved in it should face harsh punishment," Amit Shah during the the debate on criminal law bills in Lok Sabha.
Amit Shah in Lok Sabha says, "Now the accused will get seven days to file a plea for acquittal...The judge has to hold the hearing in those seven days and in a maximum time of 120 days, the case would come to trial. There was no time limit for plea bargaining earlier.
Now if one accepts their crime within 30 days of the crime then the punishment would be less...There was no provision to present documents during trials. We have made it compulsory to produce all documents within 30 days. No delays will be made in that".
On Aug 11, 2023 when the new Bills were introduced, Biju Janata Dal leader
Bhartruhari Mahtab welcomed the new Bills and initiative taken by the government and said,
"It is a good beginning...we are witness to the history in making".
"This fulfills our wishes of many years....I used to write about these as a journalist and we took up the matter during Vajpayee's tenure in 1998 and later. In fact, the then Home Minister L K Advani had also assured the House that these changes will be made," Mahtab said.
The Bills were referred to the Standing Committee on Home and based on the suggestions of the panel, 'changed' versions of new Bills were introduced during the ongoing winter session.
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