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Draft report on 3 Bills to replace existing criminal laws withheld by Parliamentary Panel
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill 2023 were introduced in Lok Sabha on August 11. Read further on Dynamite News:
New Delhi: The meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Home Affairs on Friday withheld the draft report on three bills to replace the existing criminal laws.
This was done after Lok Sabha LoP and Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary, along with other opposition leaders like Congress' P Chidambaram, Derek O Brien of the TMC and DMK's NR Elango demanded some time to go through the drafts again, sources said. These MPs also raised the issue of the name of the bills.
The next meeting of the committee will be held on November 6, 2023.
Earlier, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs headed by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Brij Lal began got underway today. The meeting of the Parliamentary Committee was held in the committee room of the Parliament House Annexe.
The panel reviewed the draft reports on the three bills- The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023', 'The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023' and 'The Bharatiya Sakshya 2023'- that seek to replace the existing criminal laws.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill 2023 were introduced in the Lower House of Parliament on August 11.
These bills seek to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860, Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 respectively. (with ANI inputs)