‘New Bills replacing IPC, CrPC, Evidence Act will be passed soon’

 

 

 

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the three new Bills replacing IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act will be passed in Parliament soon, asserting that the country under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has adopted a zero-tolerance policy against terrorism. “There is now a need to move ahead from zero-tolerance policy against terror towards zero-tolerance strategy and zero-tolerance action,” Shah said, speaking after reviewing the passing out parade of the 75th (Regular Recruits) batch of the Indian Police Service (IPS) probationers at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) here. He said India is dispensing with laws made during British rule and is entering a new era with new confidence and new hopes. “The three laws made around 1850 during the British era, which are the driving force of our criminal justice system, CrPC, IPC and Evidence Act -- the Government has made radical changes in the three laws and placed three new laws before the country’s Parliament,” he said.

 

The Parliamentary Committee of the Home Ministry is studying them, he said, adding that very soon, these laws will be passed. The new criminal justice system will be based on these laws, he said. “The purpose of the old laws was to safeguard the Government but the purpose of the new laws is to safeguard the rights of the public and to eliminate obstacles in the people’s access to those rights,” Shah said. Union Home Minister Amit Shah said he feels that the batch passing out today is a lucky one as it begins the task of managing the country’s internal security with the new laws. The first responsibility of implementing the new laws in letter and spirit at the grassroots level lies with the probationers passing out today, he said adding they have to understand the spirit of these laws and keep the public safe and protect their rights as well.