Union home minister Amit Shah said that India has abolished the 150-year-old laws of criminal justice and introduced three new laws to revamp the country’s criminal justice system | Latest News India
Amit Shah said that for the first time, the basic Indian concept of justice has been given place in the three new laws - the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam. Claiming that the purpose of the old laws was to protect the British rule, he said the three new laws have been made with a pan-Indian vision. He added that now after the introduction of these new laws decisions on FIRs will be ensured in three years.
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