India to revamp Criminal Law |
India`s Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday asked all state governments to send their suggestions for a major overhaul and recasting of the Indian Penal Code or the IPC and the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The new structure and content of criminal laws will be citizen centric, reflect the aspirations of a modern democracy and provide for speedy justice, especially to the weaker sections of society. The Bureau of Police Research and Development may undertake a review of the laws such as the IPC, CrPC, Indian Evidence Act and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. Union home minister Amit Shah had recently said in Lucknow that the Centre would soon be making changes in laws related to internal security, including necessary amendments to the IPC and the CrPC. Minister of state for home G Kishan Reddy had reccently stated that the IPC and the CrPC would be amended to expedite trial in grave criminal offences such as rape and murder. He also said the IPC and the CrPC needed to be amended as they were framed during the British rule.
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