"Justice, Not Punishment": Centre's 3 New Bills To Overhaul Criminal Laws

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today moved to amend the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and Indian Evidence Act.

The Centre today introduced a new Bill in the parliament to overhaul the country's criminal laws. Union Home Minister Amit Shah today moved to repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, and the Indian Evidence Act. The Bills will be sent to a parliamentary standing committee. 

"From August 16, the road from 75 to 100 years of Independence will begin. The PM had vowed to end the mindset of slavery. We will finish IPC (1857), CrPC (1858), Indian Evidence Act (1872) - which were made by the British. We will bring three new laws in their place to ensure the protection of rights. It will aim to give justice not punishment," Mr Shah said, adding that the government will end "475 signs of mentality of slavery in criminal laws".

"People are afraid of going to courts, they think going to courts itself is a punishment," Amit Shah said.