Bharat Express

New Criminal Laws

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge criticized the Central government's implementation of three new criminal laws as a threat to parliamentary democracy.

A PIL challenges the Supreme Court over new criminal laws replacing colonial-era IPC, CrPC, and Evidence Act.

Replacing the CrPC of 1973, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, mandates time-bound investigation, trial, and judgment within 30 days of argument completion.

Tensions escalated further with the mimicry of Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar by a Trinamool MP, becoming the latest flashpoint between the government and the Opposition.

The government defends the proposed criminal laws, asserting they are people-centric and designed to safeguard constitutional, human, and personal rights.