NEW CRIMINAL LAWS ENACTED

Congress leader P Chidambaram praised Tamil Nadu's move to appoint a committee for state-specific amendments to new criminal laws. He emphasised that criminal law falls under concurrent jurisdiction, allowing state legislatures to make changes align...

India's new criminal justice system has faced criticism for potentially granting more power to police and increasing case backlogs. The overhaul includes new provisions such as time limits for court rulings and charge framing, expedited investigatio...

Indian lawyers and activists are calling on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to halt the implementation of new criminal laws, arguing they will increase litigation in an overburdened justice system and grant excessive powers to police. The ...

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram criticised the Centre for enacting three new criminal laws without consulting the Law Commission, instead appointing a panel of "part-timers." He highlighted concerns about the inclusion of solitary confinement a...

The Madras High Court directed the Union government to respond to a petition challenging the use of Hindi and Sanskrit names for three new criminal Acts. The petitioner argued that providing titles in these languages would create confusion and diffi...

Officials have revealed that three new criminal laws will focus on technology and forensics throughout all stages of the justice process, aiming to modernise the system and utilise modern scientific technologies. Key inclusions are mandatory audio-v...

India prepares for the enactment of three groundbreaking criminal laws on July 1, 2024, aimed at replacing colonial-era statutes with modern legal frameworks. These laws introduce innovative measures like Zero FIR and expedited trials while addressi...

Bombay High Court Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya highlighted the importance of embracing the newly enacted criminal laws, set to be implemented on Monday. He emphasized the natural tendency to resist change but stressed the necessity of adop...

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam replaced the British-era Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act, respectively. In a post on X, Chidambaram said, "...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced the implementation of three new criminal laws aimed at ensuring timely justice up to the Supreme Court level within three years of FIR registration, with an expected 90% conviction rate to reduce crime. The la...

India has replaced its colonial-era criminal laws with three new statutes effective from July 1. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam introduce modern provisions like Zero FIR, electronic s...

Three new criminal laws came into effect in the country on Monday, bringing far-reaching changes in India's criminal justice system.

Union home minister Amit Shah congratulated the nation for implementation of three new criminal laws- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA)- while addressing a press co...

Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita has 531 sections (in place of 484 sections of CrPC). A total of 177 provisions have been changed in the Sanhita and nine new sections as well as 39 new sub-sections have been added to it. The act has added 44 new pr...

In a move that will completely overhaul the criminal justice system in the country, three new criminal laws will come into effect from today, July 1. "The way the laws have been rushed to the Parliament and the way implementation is sought to be rus...

New Delhi: The Delhi Police is all set to implement the three new criminal laws which will come into effect across the country from July 1. Posters regarding new criminal laws to aware people were being pasted in Delhi Police stations by Delhi Polic...

It is said that these laws will affect a large number of citizens at some point in time or the other in their lives. The passing of the three criminal law bills in Parliament last year sparked a series of debates regarding the need to take such step...

Retired IPS Kiran Bedi reacted to the three new criminal laws that are going to be implemented from July 1 onwards and called the implementation of BNS, BNSS and BSS ‘growth’ and termed it as ‘wholesale training’ for Police officials. She further ad...

The Ministry of Home Affairs in India has trained 40 lakh grassroots-level functionaries and over 5.65 lakh police, prison, forensic, judicial, and prosecution officials to prepare for the rollout of three new criminal laws, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanh...