Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Monday criticized Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's recent speech in Parliament, accusing him of insulting Hindu society and undermining the credibility of the UPA governance.
The FIR was registered at Hanumanganj police station in the state capital at 12.16 am on Monday, said Jaideep Prasad, Additional Director General of Police (ADG, Law and Order).
The three new laws received Parliament's nod on December 21, 2023. President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent on December 25, 2023, and was published in the official gazette on the same day.
The three new criminal laws -- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya Sanhita (BSS), 2023 replaced the colonial era Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973 and Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), passed in Parliament last December, have replaced the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 resp
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.
Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani criticized the Opposition's demand for re-examination of the new criminal laws which came into effect on Monday, July 1.
As the new criminal laws came into force on Monday, Chhaya Sharma, Delhi Police Special CP (Training) said that over 45,000 officers in the force have been trained for the change.
The case has been registered against a street vendor under Section 285 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for obstruction under foot over bridge of New Delhi Railway Station and making sales.
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.