The unions had placed two demands before the state government on Friday. 'Hit-and-run penal section in Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita need to be made null and void and the Rs seven lakh rupee fine be made null and void,' an official said
The petition was filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari on the ground that the three new criminal laws were passed without any parliamentary debate as unfortunately most of the MPs belonging to the Opposition parties were under suspension during the period
We are witnessing a path-breaking public infrastructure push. The face of Bharat we are seeing today is markedly different from what we have seen even a decade ago, says Dhankhar
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) that seeks to replace the 1860 Indian Penal Code (IPC) prescribes a shorter maximum imprisonment for doctors convicted of causing death by medical negligence than for others. But it does not exempt doctors from criminal prosecution, a top IMA official said
While replying to a debate on the three bills in Parliament, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the focus was on delivering justice rather than handing down punishment