New Delhi: The Congress picked holes in the criminal justice system in the country, an issue which the party raked up time and again to reinforce its demand for an overhaul of the methodology to facilitate justice for citizens in the context of suspension of 140 INDIA bloc MPS.
Soon after President Droupadi Murmu on Monday gave assent to the criminal justice bills, turning them into laws, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh took to X to raise the issue of the 'disastrous consequences' of the three criminal justice laws which were 'bulldozed' through Parliament aided by the “deliberate suspension” of over 140 INDIA bloc MPs.
Now, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Act will replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872.
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The three Criminal Justice Bills bulldozed through Parliament last week, aided by the deliberate suspension of 146 INDIA MPs, have now received Presidential assent. Many eminent lawyers and jurists have already pointed out its disastrous consequences, especially for the most…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) December 25, 2023 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">The three Criminal Justice Bills bulldozed through Parliament last week, aided by the deliberate suspension of 146 INDIA MPs, have now received Presidential assent. Many eminent lawyers and jurists have already pointed out its disastrous consequences, especially for the most…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) December 25, 2023The three Criminal Justice Bills bulldozed through Parliament last week, aided by the deliberate suspension of 146 INDIA MPs, have now received Presidential assent. Many eminent lawyers and jurists have already pointed out its disastrous consequences, especially for the most…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) December 25, 2023
Ramesh wrote on X, “The three criminal justice bills bulldozed through Parliament last week, aided by the deliberate suspension of 146 INDIA MPs, have now received Presidential assent.” “Many eminent lawyers and jurists have already pointed out its disastrous consequences, especially for the most marginalised sections of the society,” he said.
On a lighter note, the most widely known Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code is now history, Ramesh said, adding that it had even inspired a hit Raj Kapoor-Nargis film “Shree 420” in 1955 that had many superhit songs.
Henceforth, that will be Section 316 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, he noted. “No matter, Shree 420 nahi toh Shree G20 hi sahi!” Ramesh said.