Don't Rush To Change Criminal Laws: Mamata Banerjee To Amit Shah
NDTV
Overhauling the existing laws without proper consultation will have far-reaching implications on polity, Mamata Banerjee has argued. Mr Shah is on a visit to Bengal today.
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking that the new criminal laws not be rushed and consensus be built on them first. Overhauling the existing laws without proper consultation will have far-reaching implications on polity, she has argued. Mr Shah is on a visit to Bengal today.
The Centre has drafted three bills to replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. The new laws are Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam,which are expected to be passed in the coming winter session of parliament.
"I strongly believe that these are very significant legislations that form the bedrock of our penal-criminal jurisprudence. As such, the proposed overhauling of the existing criminal-penal statutes and replacing them with new statutes is bound to have far-reaching long-term implications on our polity," Ms Banerjee said in her letter to Mr Shah.
