Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated Chandigarh on Tuesday for becoming the first in the country to fully implement the landmark three criminal laws, and stated that the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) would be fully implemented across the country within three years.
Addressing a function to dedicate the three new criminal laws to the country today, Amit Shah described it as a “golden day for the Indian criminal justice system.”
“Today is a golden day for the Indian criminal justice system – as today – Chandigarh has become the first unit to fully implement all the three new criminal laws. police, jail, judiciary, prosecution, and Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), all of these are working to completely implement the new laws,” Shah said.
He said the previous criminal laws, namely the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and Evidence Act as laws were only meant for the protection of the British.
“Earlier laws were 160 years old – they were made in the British parliament, they were more for the protection of British rule and not for the people. The laws that PM Modi has brought are made by Indians,” he said.
The new laws are meant to deliver justice, not punishment, he said, “These laws have no place for punishment but justice. It will be implemented in the entire country within three years,” he said.
He also mentioned how a new post has been created, the ‘Director of Prosecution’ to tackle corruption, and how the term sedition has been removed from the laws.
“To tackle and reduce corruption, a new post has been created which is Director of Prosecution. Also, the term “rajdroh” (sedition) has been replaced by “deshdroh” (treason) in the laws. Till now more than 11 lakh FIRs have been registered. Within just 4 months, 9,500 cases have received their judgement,” Shah said during the program.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing the same event highlighted that the idea and purpose of old criminal laws, designed by British, was to punish Indians and keep them enslaved whereas the Nyaya Sanhita strengthens the spirit of basis of democracy – “Of the People, By the People, For the People.”
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Source: NDTV
