Criminal laws in India dating back more than a century have finally made way for the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 (BNS), with this new penal code coming into force from 1 July. This switchover from pre-1947 provisions of law marks a significant moment in updating our legal framework. Ironically, it’s a street hawker who looks … Read more
Kolkata : The proceedings in the Calcutta High Court were hampered after a large section of lawyers close to the ruling Trinamool Congress boycotted hearings in protest against the three new criminal laws that came into force on Monday. The new criminal laws, Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and Bharatiya Sakshya … Read more
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said INDIA bloc won’t allow ‘bulldozing’ tactics in Parliament New Delhi: As three new criminal laws came into force today, main Opposition Congress said these laws were “forcibly” passed by suspending 146 MPs from Parliament proceedings. The party also said 90 per cent of these laws are a “cut, copy and … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah responded to the Opposition’s charge on the new laws New Delhi: Justice replaces punishment in the three new criminal laws that came into force today, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said. Mr Shah, who led the exercise to review the country’s criminal law system, told the media today that … Read more
With the new criminal code, Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, coming into force from Monday, the first FIR (First Information Report) was filed in the city’s Seelampur police station at around midnight while the second was lodged in Kamla market at around 12.15 am last night. The first FIR lodged, under clause 109 (1), was over a … Read more
New Delhi: As the new criminal code, Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, came into force today, the first FIR was filed against a street vendor for obstructing a road near the New Delhi Railway Station. The FIR was filed under Section 285 of the new criminal code that states, “Whoever, by doing any act, or by omitting … Read more