New Delhi: The three new criminal justice bills that Parliament approved last week received approval from President Droupadi Murmu on Monday.
The colonial era Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872 will be replaced by the three new laws, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Act.
While replying to a debate on the three bills in Parliament, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had said the focus was on delivering justice rather than handing down punishment, PTI reported.
The legislation aims at completely overhauling the criminal justice system in the country by giving definitions of various offences and their punishments. These have given a clear definition of terrorism, abolished sedition as a crime and introduced a new section titled “offenses against the state”.