New Delhi: Amid protests over the mass suspension of Opposition members, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday cleared the revised set of draft legislations which search to overtake the present authorized framework for India’s felony justice system.
The three felony justice Payments — the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Invoice — that had been handed in Lok Sabha on Wednesday had been taken up for consideration and passage within the Rajya Sabha.
The three draft legislations search to interchange the Indian Penal Code, 1860; the Code of Felony Process Act, 1898; and the Indian Proof Act of 1872, respectively.
The Payments now await the Presidential assent earlier than they turn into legal guidelines.
Taking to X, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote, “The passage of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 is a watershed second in our historical past. These Payments mark the tip of colonial-era legal guidelines. A brand new period begins with legal guidelines centered on public service and welfare.”
The passage of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 is a watershed second in our historical past. These Payments mark the tip of colonial-era legal guidelines. A brand new period begins with legal guidelines centered on public service and welfare.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 21, 2023
It’s to be famous that the draft legislations had been first tabled throughout the Monsoon Session of Parliament in August. Nevertheless, they had been revised with the suggestions of a parliamentary panel and tabled throughout the Winter Session.
Union Residence Minister Amit Shah had stated that the method of drafting the legislations afresh was initiated after consultations with 18 states, seven UTs, judges from the Supreme Court docket and Excessive Courts, 22 legislation universities, 142 MPs, 270 MLAs and a number of other members of the general public. The method took 4 years and concerned 158 conferences.
2019 में राज्यपालों, मुख्यमंत्रियों, उपराज्यपालों, प्रशासकों को पत्र लिखे। 2020 में मुख्य न्यायाधीशों (हाईकोर्टों व सर्वोच्च न्यायालय), बार काउंसिल, विश्वविद्यालयों को पत्र लिखा। 2021 में सभी सांसदों, IPS, जिला कलक्टर को पत्र लिखे। 4200 सुझावों को लेकर ये कानून बना हैः @amitshah pic.twitter.com/bY87kcuG3t
— SansadTV (@sansad_tv) December 21, 2023
Below the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the time period ‘Terrorist Act’ has been outlined as actions that threaten the nation’s nationwide unity, sovereignty, and financial stability. The ‘sedition’ cost has been changed with acts endangering the nation’s integrity.
“धोखे से यौन संबंध बनाने या विवाह करने वाले व्यक्तियों के लिए कठोर दंड का प्रावधान किया है।
113(1) में हमने टेररिज्म का डेफिनिशन दिया है। इसका दुरुपयोग होने की कोई गुंजाइश नहीं छोड़ी है।”#RajyaSabha में गृह मंत्री @AmitShah pic.twitter.com/OlBFWL0KCY
— SansadTV (@sansad_tv) December 21, 2023
‘Mob lynching’ has been categorised as a extreme offence within the new Invoice.
Provisions for ‘Zero FIR’ registration, necessary sufferer updates on probe inside 90 days and conducting digital mode trials have been launched.
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Key modifications additionally embody introduction of Part 73 (publishing court docket proceedings with out permission) and Part 86 (redefining cruelty) within the BNS. Part 73 imposes penalties for printing or publishing court docket proceedings associated to rape or sexual assault with out permission, and Part 86 defines cruelty as actions which will drive a girl to suicide or trigger grave harm.
Additionally, the time period “psychological sickness” has been changed with “unsound thoughts”.
In the meantime, the Congress slammed the federal government for having the Payments handed in Lok Sabha with none “knowledgeable dissent”.
Taking to X, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh wrote, “Tomorrow he (Amit Shah) will get them handed within the Rajya Sabha too with none totally different viewpoint expressed on them by the perfect authorized minds. Now you recognize why 144 INDIA MPs had been thrown out of each Homes.”