Lok Sabha approves amendment to BNS Bill reducing jail term for doctors in case of death due to negligence
1 year ago

Lok Sabha approves amendment to BNS Bill reducing jail term for doctors in case of death due to negligence

India TV News  

Accepting the request from the Indian Medical Association, the Central government brought amendment in the law that punishes doctors due to a negligent act. The amendment in BNS Bill seeks to reduce the prison term in case of death due to a negligent act of a medical practitioner not amounting to culpable homicide to two years. I will bring an official amendment now to free the doctors from this," Home Minister Amit Shah said while replying to the debate in the Lok Sabha on three bills to replace colonial-era criminal laws. The amendment adds the words -- "and if such act is done by a registered medical practitioner while performing medical procedure, he shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, and shall also be liable to fine" -- to clause 106 that deals with "causing death by negligence".

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IPC, too, had jail term for medicos over death by medical negligence: Health Ministry
5 months, 2 weeks ago

IPC, too, had jail term for medicos over death by medical negligence: Health Ministry

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday issued a clarification stating that the IMA’s objections to controversial section 106.1 of the Bharatiya Nayay Sanhita, which states a jail term for a medical practitioner in case of death by negligence, were also provisioned in the Indian Penal Code, which has been replaced by the new criminal …

Carry on, doctor: The Hindu Editorial on the amended Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita Bill
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Carry on, doctor: The Hindu Editorial on the amended Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita Bill

The Hindu  

The proverbial slip between the cup and lip was in evidence when the Union Home Minister’s assurance on the floor of the Lok Sabha was at variance with the actual amendment on punishment for doctors in cases of death due to negligence. Amit Shah initially said: “If someone died due to medical negligence by doctors it was treated as culpable …

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Prescribes Lesser Punishment To Doctors For Causing Death By Negligence Vis-A-Vis Other Offenders
1 year ago

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Prescribes Lesser Punishment To Doctors For Causing Death By Negligence Vis-A-Vis Other Offenders

Live Law  

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, the bill which seeks to replace the Indian Penal Code 1860, has carved out a special classification for doctors in relation to the punishment for causing death by medical negligence. While the Sanhita enhances the punishment for causing death by negligence to imprisonment up to 5 years, if such death is caused by a doctor, …

Parliament proceedings | Lok Sabha passes Bills to replace British-era criminal laws
1 year ago

Parliament proceedings | Lok Sabha passes Bills to replace British-era criminal laws

The Hindu  

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed three amended Bills that seek to repeal and replace criminal laws which date back to colonial times. ‘No sympathy for terrorists’ Noting that more than one lakh people have been killed in terror attacks across the country over the past 75 years, Mr. Shah said that the BNSS had, for the first time, defined …

Lok Sabha Passes New Criminal Laws Via Voice Vote
1 year ago

Lok Sabha Passes New Criminal Laws Via Voice Vote

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed three redrafted bills -- the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill -- to replace the colonial-era criminal laws by voice vote. Replying to a debate on the three bills, Mr Shah said that the three bills to replace the colonial-era criminal laws seek to …

Doctors to be exempted from prosecution for medical negligence: Home Minister
1 year ago

Doctors to be exempted from prosecution for medical negligence: Home Minister

India Today  

The central government will bring an amendment to the criminal law in the future to exempt doctors from criminal prosecution in cases of medical negligence, Union Home Minister Amit Shah told Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Hence, I will bring an official amendment now to free the doctors from this criminal negligence,” the Home Minister said as he introduced three new …

LS takes up criminal laws after mass suspension
1 year ago

LS takes up criminal laws after mass suspension

Live Mint  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah moved The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and The Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The three Bills to replace the existing criminal laws in India were tabled for consideration and passing in the Lok Sabha even as 95 Opposition MPs remain suspended from the Lower …

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita A 'Copy-Paste' Of Indian Penal Code, 'Wasteful Exercise' : P Chidambaram
1 year, 1 month ago

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita A 'Copy-Paste' Of Indian Penal Code, 'Wasteful Exercise' : P Chidambaram

Live Law  

The three Bills introduced by the Union Government to replace the Indian Penal Code i "largely a copy and paste of existing laws", said Member of Parliament and Senior Advocate P Chidambaram in his dissent note submitted to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs.He said the enactment of these three Bills will be a "wasteful exercise that will have …

Modi govt tables 3 new bills in Lok Sabha to replace British-era laws: All you need to know
1 year, 4 months ago

Modi govt tables 3 new bills in Lok Sabha to replace British-era laws: All you need to know

India TV News  

Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday introduced three new bills in Lok Sabha to replace British Era laws saying that the proposed laws will transform the country's criminal justice system and bring the spirit to protect the rights of the Indian citizen at the centre stage. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 will replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The …

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