Omkar Dattatray
Modi government is on the right path of obliterating the signs and symbols of slavery and it is giving an Indian and indigenous touch to British laws. With this end in view Home Minister Amit Shah has re-introduced three new bills in Lok Sabha to replace IPC, Cr PC and Evidence Act incorporating changes as per the recommendation of parliamentary penal recommendations lock stock and barrel and thus the Modi government is giving Indian tinge to the British laws which are operative in India even after 75 years of independence .It is very unfortunate and disturbing that while India has got political freedom in 1947 and removed foreign slavery. But the ruminants and signs and symbols of British slavery are still seen in India and the Modi government is taking steps to remove and obliterate the sings and symbols of foreign slavery. The BJP government has removed hundreds of foreign signs of slavery and now it is overhauling the legal system and laws by replacing Indian Penal Code ,Criminal Procedure Code and the Evidence Act and in their place will bring wholly Indian and indigenous acts so that the signs and symbols of British slavery are given a burial and at their place Indian laws are framed to operate the legal system. Recently parliament passed a bill to repeal 76 redundant and obsolete laws with the government saying that the move is part of continuing efforts to improve the ease of living and doing business. Thus union government on Tuesday, December 12, withdrew and re-introduced the three new criminal bills to make changes that were recommended by the parliamentary standing committee on Home Affairs. Union Minister Amit Shah said that the bills were re-introduced as the standing committee had made several suggestions and instead of moving different official amendments ,new bills have been introduced.
The three re-introduced bills are the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,Bharatiya Sakshya Adiniyam and Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita bill meant to replace and repeal Indian Penal Code ,Indian Evidence Act and Code of Criminal Procedure respectively .
The central government listed 18 bills to taken up for consideration and passage during the upcoming winter session of parliament ,which is being held from December 4to 22 .Among the 18 bills are significant criminal law legislation aimed at replacing the Indian Penal Code(IPC) of 1860,the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr PC) of 1873 and Indian Evidence Act of 1872.The proposed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023,Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanita 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill 2023 aim to replace the IPC, Cr PC and Evidence Act respectively. The soul of these three re-introduced bills is to protect all the rights given by the constitution to Indian citizens.
The objective will not be to punish anyone but to give justice and in this process ,punishment will be given where it is required to create a sense of crime prevention. Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the three bills introduced in parliament by the centre to replace IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act will ensure no case can continue for more than two years ,which will result in elimination of 70% negative energy. Amit Shah said that the Criminal justice system will be overhauled.
These three bills were earlier introduced in the monsoon session of parliament .The aim of these three re-introduced bill is to replace, repeal and overhaul the criminal justice system and make it more Indian and indigenous so that the tag of foreign slavery is completely removed and the laws look and operate as the purely Indian way .After the passage of these re-introduced bills ,the sings and symbols of the British slavery will be removed to a vast extent and justice will be met with Indian and indigenous manner. Modi government is doing splendid work to make the criminal system to look Indian so that the justice is given as per the Indian law .The British criminal laws will be eliminated and it will facilitate the delivery of justice in Indian manner and the scope of the foreign criminal laws will be done away with. The aim of introducing of the three laws to replace the British era laws will do away with the symbols and signs of the British slavery. The Congress and other opposition parties in the parliament should show positive and constructive politics and cooperate with the government to replace the British era laws and this will be the great service to the nation. The Congress should shun the politics of criticism for the sake of criticism and follow positive and constructive opposition and criticism so that the foreign penal laws will be removed and in their place Indian laws will be framed and made operational. The British era laws will be repealed and replaced. The laws that will be replaced the focus of those laws was strengthening the British administration, the idea was to punish and not to give justice.
By replacing them, the three new laws will bring the spirit tom protect the rights of the Indian citizens. The aim not to punish but provide justice. Punishment will be given to create a sentiment of stopping crime. The re-introduced three criminal bills will replace the old ,redundant British era criminal laws and in their place wholly Indian criminal laws are being re-introduced which will cease the highhandedness of the British criminal laws which are operative in India .In short the passage of the bills to repeal the existing IPC ,Cr PC and Indian Evidence Act and replacing them with the Indian laws and the Passage of the bill repeal 76 redundant and obsolete laws will to a vast extent remove the symbols and signs of British slavery at the same time led to delivery of justice with the People .It done will go a long way to infuse Indianness and indigenous spirit in the new bills and repealing of the old and existing laws which are a burden on the people. Therefore all opposition parties should co-operate with the treasury benches and bury the redundant and obsolete laws and at the same time legislate and pass the new laws in place of the criminal laws.
(The author is a columnist,
social and KP activist).
