Congress chief P Chidambaram on Thursday criticised the three payments introduced by the federal government.
New Delhi:
Congress chief P Chidambaram on Thursday criticised the three payments introduced by the federal government that search to overtake the prison justice system, saying the chance to interchange and redraft the colonial legal guidelines has been “wasted.” The Lok Sabha on Wednesday handed three key payments — the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Invoice.
In a publish on X, former dwelling minister Mr Chidambaram stated, “Has the federal government actually dumped the British ‘colonial’ prison legal guidelines? Take into account the truth that 90-95% of IPC, 95% of CrPC and 99% of Proof Act have been reduce, copied and pasted within the three Payments: can anybody deny or debate that reality?” “In actual fact, the federal government has immortalised Macaulay and Fitz Stephen who drafted the unique IPC and Proof Act,” he claimed.
The chance to interchange and redraft the legal guidelines has been wasted, Mr Chidambaram stated.
In one other publish, he stated the Union Residence Minister said that three situations of the colonist imprint have been repealed however the information say in any other case.
“Sedition was learn down severely and registration of FIRs for sedition was prohibited by the Supreme Court docket. Sec 377 of the IPC regarding homosexuality was decriminalised by the Supreme Court docket. The part on Adultery was struck down by the Supreme Court docket,” he stated.
“We will thank the Hon’ble Residence Minister for rejecting the suggestions of the Standing Committee (dominated by BJP MPs) for together with these ‘offences’ within the new Invoice,” Mr Chidambaram stated.
The passing of the three Payments with the Opposition benches virtually empty (due to the 143 suspensions) is like profitable a cricket match the place the other staff isn’t allowed to bat, he stated.
The three payments will substitute the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Code of Prison Process Act, 1898, and the Indian Proof Act of 1872, respectively.
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