India’s Colonial-Era Criminal Laws Bid Farewell: Lok Sabha Ushers in “Bharatiya” Era In a momentous yet controversial session, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday bid adieu to three pillars of India’s colonial-era legal system, replacing them with a trio of newly minted bills – the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill. These sweeping reforms, introduced by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, aim to reshape India’s criminal justice landscape, replacing the Indian Penal Code of 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure Act of…
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