Government stands firm on Hindi names for bills to overhaul criminal laws
1 year, 3 months ago

Government stands firm on Hindi names for bills to overhaul criminal laws

Hindustan Times  

The Union government stood firm on retaining the Hindi names of the three bills slated to replace the Indian Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code, and the Evidence Act, telling a parliamentary panel on Friday that the names of the bills are written using English, which, it said, is the only requirement of the Constitution. The three bills, aimed at revamping the future landscape of criminal law in the country, were introduced by Union home minister Amit Shah in Parliament on August 11. Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla addressed the objections raised by some Opposition MPs, including DMK’s NR Elango, Dayanidhi Maran and Congress’s Digvijaya Singh, against the Hindi titles of the bills. The three bills, aimed at revamping the future landscape of criminal law in the country, were introduced by Union home minister Amit Shah in Parliament on August 11 to replace the British-era IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act, an overhaul that he said would “transform our criminal justice system”.

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Plea challenges Hindi names for 3 criminal laws, HC seeks govt reply
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Plea challenges Hindi names for 3 criminal laws, HC seeks govt reply

Hindustan Times  

The Madras high court on Wednesday sought the Union government’s response to a petition challenging the Hindi names of the three new criminal laws, which came into effect on July 1. The three new laws, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam have replaced the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and …

CM Mamata Urges Amit Shah to Seek Consensus on New Criminal Law Bills Before Passage
1 year ago

CM Mamata Urges Amit Shah to Seek Consensus on New Criminal Law Bills Before Passage

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee urged Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday not to “rush to pass” the three new criminal law bills -- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya -- in Parliament now. Flagging her concerns in a letter to the BJP heavyweight on a day he attacked her from a party …

Parliamentary Panel Gives Stamp of Approval to Hindi Names for Proposed Criminal Laws
1 year, 1 month ago

Parliamentary Panel Gives Stamp of Approval to Hindi Names for Proposed Criminal Laws

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has held that the Hindi names given to the three proposed criminal laws is not unconstitutional, dismissing criticism against the move by some political parties and their leaders. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs headed by BJP MP Brijlal has taken note of the wording of Article 348 of the Constitution, which says that …

Parliamentary panel gives stamp of approval to Hindi names for proposed criminal laws
1 year, 1 month ago

Parliamentary panel gives stamp of approval to Hindi names for proposed criminal laws

The Hindu  

A Parliamentary panel has held that the Hindi names given to the three proposed criminal laws is not unconstitutional, dismissing criticism against the move by some political parties and their leaders. Tamil Nadu's ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam had also voiced strong objections against the use of Hindi names for the proposed criminal laws. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin …

Parliament panel to meet on Oct 27 to examine Centre's criminal law bills
1 year, 2 months ago

Parliament panel to meet on Oct 27 to examine Centre's criminal law bills

Hindustan Times  

The parliamentary standing committee on Home Affairs on October 27 will convene to ‘consider and adopt’ the draft reports in connection with the replacement of the India's existing crimanal justice system under the Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and the Evidence Act with new bills. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023, …

Criminal law Bills renaming is needless meddling
1 year, 4 months ago

Criminal law Bills renaming is needless meddling

The Hindu  

Three new Bills were tabled in Parliament recently. The body of these new Bills is in the English language, but the title of the Bills being in Hindi goes against the embargo placed by the Article. The legal regime in place provides that English shall remain an official language until resolutions for the discontinuance of English as an official language …

Give names for Bills in English, Chidambaram tells Union govt.
1 year, 4 months ago

Give names for Bills in English, Chidambaram tells Union govt.

The Hindu  

Former Union Finance Minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Saturday questioned the rationale behind naming legislation in Hindi. It is better to give names in English since the Union Law Ministry drafts all the provisions in English. Mr. Chidambaram was referring to the names given to three new Bills — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita …

Rebooting the codes: The Hindu Editorial on the IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act
1 year, 4 months ago

Rebooting the codes: The Hindu Editorial on the IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act

The Hindu  

Few would disagree that laws require an overhaul from time to time so that they could be abreast of developments in technology and changes in society. In substance, the deletion of ‘sedition’ is welcome, and its apparent equivalent, the new Section 150, does not use overbroad terms such as promoting ‘disaffection’ against the government or bringing it into ‘hatred or …

Tamil Nadu MP flags ‘Hindi imposition’ in naming bills to replace criminal laws
1 year, 4 months ago

Tamil Nadu MP flags ‘Hindi imposition’ in naming bills to replace criminal laws

Live Mint  

Tamil Nadu's Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP P Wilson on Friday flagged the fact that the names of all the three new bills introduced in the Lok Sabha by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, were in Hindi. The three bills have been named Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill, 2023; and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023 will replace …

’Recolonisation in name of decolonisation’: TN CM on bills for criminal laws
1 year, 4 months ago

’Recolonisation in name of decolonisation’: TN CM on bills for criminal laws

Live Mint  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on 11 August strongly opposed the naming of the central bills to enact new criminal laws in the country. Stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi have no moral right to 'even utter the word Tamil hereafter', he took to Twitter and wrote, "Recolonisation in the name of Decolonisation! The audacious attempt by the Union …

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