Amit Shah in Lok Sabha: New ciminal law bills in consonance with spirit of Constitution

The new criminal law bills, according to Home Minister Amit Shah, are in line with the spirit of the Constitution and were drafted with the welfare of the nation’s citizens in mind on Wednesday. Amit Shah responded to the Lok Sabha’s discussion of the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023; and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill, 2023 by stating that the new laws will take the place of those from the British era.

“Under the leadership of Modiji, I have brought bills that lay emphasis on Indianness, the Indian Constitution and the well-being of the people. The laws are being changed in the spirit of Constitution,” he said.

Amit Shah said the bills will encourage the use of technology in giving justice to people.  He  said “mob-lynching” had been included as an offence in the bills.

The minister said the British-era laws were aimed at protecting foreign rule and the new bills are people-centric.

In order to replace the Indian Penal Code of 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) of 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872, the Lok Sabha began debating three bills on Tuesday. Last week, Amit Shah presented the three amended criminal law bills to the Lok Sabha, which will take the place of the Indian Evidence Act, the CrPc, and the IPC. The three bills that were introduced in the Lok Sabha during the monsoon session of parliament were withdrawn by the Home Minister.