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India’s judicial system entered a new era with the passage of recently passed criminal laws: CJI DY Chandrachud

20 Apr 2024

Chief Justice of India, Justice DY Chandrachud, remarked on Saturday that "the enactment of new criminal laws has propelled India's legal framework for criminal justice into the modern era." Speaking at a conference on India's Criminal Justice System hosted by the Ministry of Law and Justice, the CJI highlighted the...

New criminal code bills exempt medicos from Prosecution

23 Dec 2023

The Lok Sabha has recently passed new criminal code bills, and it has been conveyed to Parliament that doctors are now exempt from criminal prosecution in instances of death resulting from medical negligence, thereby reducing the severity of punishment in such cases. Under Clause 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second)...

Lok Sabha passes major bills to replace IPC, CrPC, Evidence Act

20 Dec 2023

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed three significant bills that will replace the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, and the Indian Evidence Act. In response to the discussion surrounding the three bills, Home Minister Amit Shah stated that the laws are in line with the spirit of...

Amit Shah Proposes Amended Bills in Lok Sabha to Replace IPC, CrPC, and Evidence Act

12 Dec 2023

On Tuesday, Home Minister Amit Shah presented three revised criminal law bills in Lok Sabha that aim to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC) of 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) of 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872. These amended bills, namely 'The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita,...