As the new criminal laws came into effect on Monday, Congress MP Manickam Tagore called for a debate again on the acts that were passed in December last year.
Provisions related to the gang rape of a minor woman will become consistent with the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), and a provision has been made for life imprisonment or death penalty in the case of girls below 18 years of age.
As the three new criminal laws come into effect today, several legal experts say there are big challenges ahead for law-enforcing agencies, judicial officers, and legal professionals.
The implementation of three new criminal laws will be a significant step towards modernising the criminal justice delivery system, said Dr. Adish C Aggarwala, outgoing President of Supreme Court Bar Association and Chairman of All India Bar Association.
The three new laws -- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya Sanhita (BSS), 2023 will replace the colonial era Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973 and Indian Evidence Act, 1872. The ne
Odisha Law minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Prithviraj Harichandan on Thursday welcomed the centre's decision to implement new criminal laws and said that the old laws were not compatible with the Indian system.
With the aim of familiarising the media with the provisions of the three new criminal laws--Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023--which are set to come into force on July 1, 2024, the Ministry of Information and Broadca
The three new criminal laws-- the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; and the Bharatiya Sakshaya Adhiniyam, 2023-- to replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 were notified on Decem
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (NCP-SP) leader Jitendra Awhad on Saturday took a swipe at the central government over the new criminal laws that expand the maximum number of police custody under general criminal law from 15 days to either 60 days or 90 days, claiming tha