To reckon with the legacy of colonialism, the government needs to reassess its vision of justice, its methodology of dealing with those who are guilty, and its equation with institutional agents who enforce criminal law
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, brought to replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, could make the current sedition law wider but without the safeguards that courts have created so far
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on August 11, introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to replace the Indian Penal Code of 1860. Shah claimed that the IPC was meant to protect the governing interests of the British rather than Indian citizens.