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NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill by voice vote, replacing the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, 1860; the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898; and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872, respectively.
Replying to the debate in Rajya Sabha, where the opposition was almost absent due to suspensions, home minister Amit Shah said the new laws will be governed by laws made by India, for India, and made in the Indian Parliament.
“The three Bills I have tabled today are not intended at punishing, but giving justice,” said Amit Shah. He also said that the soul of these laws is Indian and for the “first time, our criminal justice system will be governed by laws made by India, for India and made in Indian Parliament.”
“We had been deliberating and discussing on this since August 2019. I feel joyous to be presenting this today. Not just the names of laws have been changed, but major changes have been made in their objectives. Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and Evidence Act were formulated to safeguard the British rule,” Amit Shah said in the Rajya Sabha.
He said that after the three new laws are implemented, India’s criminal justice system will take maximum advantage of technology.
“If there will be maximum contribution of technology in any system, it will be in the Indian system…The aim of the three bills is not provide punishment but give justice,” he said
He said that in old laws, instead of crimes against women, priority was given to the protection of the Treasury and the British Crown.
Shah said the government has removed the section of sedition and replaced sedition with treason.
The debate on the key bills did not see participation from most opposition parties, as 46 of their members have been suspended from the House for the remainder of winter session for “misconduct”.
The bills have clearly defined ‘terrorism’ as an offence and redefined ‘sedition’, which now includes actions against India instead of actions against the government of the day
Replying to the debate in Rajya Sabha, where the opposition was almost absent due to suspensions, home minister Amit Shah said the new laws will be governed by laws made by India, for India, and made in the Indian Parliament.
“The three Bills I have tabled today are not intended at punishing, but giving justice,” said Amit Shah. He also said that the soul of these laws is Indian and for the “first time, our criminal justice system will be governed by laws made by India, for India and made in Indian Parliament.”
“We had been deliberating and discussing on this since August 2019. I feel joyous to be presenting this today. Not just the names of laws have been changed, but major changes have been made in their objectives. Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and Evidence Act were formulated to safeguard the British rule,” Amit Shah said in the Rajya Sabha.
He said that after the three new laws are implemented, India’s criminal justice system will take maximum advantage of technology.
“If there will be maximum contribution of technology in any system, it will be in the Indian system…The aim of the three bills is not provide punishment but give justice,” he said
He said that in old laws, instead of crimes against women, priority was given to the protection of the Treasury and the British Crown.
Shah said the government has removed the section of sedition and replaced sedition with treason.
The debate on the key bills did not see participation from most opposition parties, as 46 of their members have been suspended from the House for the remainder of winter session for “misconduct”.
The bills have clearly defined ‘terrorism’ as an offence and redefined ‘sedition’, which now includes actions against India instead of actions against the government of the day
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