Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed a stay demonstration simulating against the law scene investigation below the brand new felony legal guidelines in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union dwelling minister Amit Shah, Punjab governor Gulab Chand Kataria and Chandigarh SSP Kanwardeep Kaur throughout a ceremony to dedicate to the nation the profitable implementation of three new felony legal guidelines, in Chandigarh on Tuesday. (PTI Photograph)
Modi is within the Union Territory to dedicate to the nation the profitable implementation of the three felony legal guidelines — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam – that got here into impact on July 1, changing the British-era Indian Penal Code, Code of Felony Process and the Indian Proof Act, respectively.
Modi took to X and stated that it’s a matter of “immense joy” that these legal guidelines are coming into impact when the nation is marking 75 years of the Structure being adopted by the Constituent Meeting. “A special day in our efforts to ensure speedy justice for every Indian and, at the same time, break free from colonial mindsets,” he stated.
Showcasing software of recent legal guidelines
The conceptualisation of the three legal guidelines was pushed by the imaginative and prescient of the Prime Minister to take away colonial period legal guidelines which had continued to exist post-independence, and to rework the judicial system by shifting focus from punishment to justice. Retaining this in thoughts, the theme of the programme was: Safe society, developed India, from punishment to justice.
A stay demonstration of the method of amassing proof and recording statements was given by the Chandigarh Police at an exhibition corridor arrange at Punjab Engineering School.
Modi was briefed by Chandigarh senior superintendent of police Kanwardeep Kaur, who gave an in depth demonstration, together with a simulated homicide scene for example the coordinated responses of the management room, PCR van, police station, CFSL, hospital, prisons, and court docket. Modi was additionally briefed on the mixing of AI functions below the brand new felony legal guidelines and their position in enhancing investigations and trials.
The Prime Minister was accompanied by Union dwelling minister Amit Shah, Punjab governor and Chandigarh administrator Gulab Chand Kataria, UT Chandigarh adviser Rajeev Verma and Chandigarh director common of police Surendra Singh Yadav.
Chandigarh units benchmark
Addressing the gathering, Shah stated, “Today marks a historic milestone as Chandigarh becomes the first in the country to successfully implement the three new criminal laws, setting a benchmark for the rest of India”.
He stated in three years, the brand new felony legal guidelines can be carried out throughout the nation. “In the coming years, our criminal justice system will become one of the most advanced in the world,” Shah stated.
“Since August 2019, we held 160 meetings with all stakeholders, including the Supreme Court, Bar Association, universities, IPS officers, governors and secretaries. It took four years of in-depth discussions and research, during which we studied the most advanced techniques and criminal justice systems of 43 countries,” he stated.
The brand new felony legal guidelines intention to make India’s authorized system extra clear, environment friendly and adaptable to the wants of latest society, an official assertion stated.
These landmark reforms mark a historic overhaul of India’s felony justice system, bringing in new frameworks to deal with modern-day challenges akin to cybercrime and organised crime and making certain justice for victims of varied offences, in keeping with the assertion. (With PTI inputs)