The Centre has revised the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita Bill, 2023, which was tabled by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the Lok Sabha on December 12
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The Parliamentary Standing Committee had recommended that the word mental illness may be changed to unsound mind as mental illness is too wide in its import in comparison to unsound mind, as it appears to include even mood swings or voluntary intoxication within its ambit.
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill along with Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam bills, proposed to replace the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1898, the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, respectively