The Lok Sabha today passed three criminal law bills, The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita 2023, The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita 2023 and The Bharatiya Sakshhya (Second) Bill 2023,.
Instead of decolonising criminal law, these Bills entrench colonial logic where the state’s paramount interest is to control the people to the maximum extent