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Cover Story
2 Years of Nyaya
Sanhita
531 Terms in the law that

Bharatiya Sections are contained were offensive
Nagarik in the Bharatiya Nagarik Until June 30, 2024, the laws in force in
the country contained terminology that
Suraksha Suraksha Sanhita, whereas offended the spirit of independent India;
the old Code of Criminal
Sanhita Procedure, 1973, had 484 yet, these same laws remained applicable
sections. 14 sections have even 75 years after independence. The
been repealed. terms mentioned included references to
the Parliament of the ‘United Kingdom’,
177 Provisions have been amended. Nine provincial legislatures, representatives of
the ‘Crown’, the ‘London Gazette’, ‘Jury’,
new sections and 39 new sub-sections
the ‘United Kingdom of Great Britain
have been added.
and Ireland’, ‘Her Majesty’s Government’,
44 New clarifications procedures prescribed by the ‘London
Gazette’, ‘British Crown’, traditions of
and explanations
the courts of ‘England’, and the term
have been added.
‘barrister’.
35 Sections now
include specified
time limits.
35 Audio-video provisions

have been introduced.

170 provisions in the
Bharatiya Sakshya
Adhiniyam. The
Indian Evidence Act of 1872
originally contained 167 sections.
Bharatiya
Sakshya Changes have been
Adhiniyam 24 made to the provisions.
Two new sections and
six subsections have
been added, while six
sections have been
removed.

servitude were eliminated, ushering in a fully indig- to any victim within three years. Over the past two
enous legal framework. This marked the dawn of a years, India’s new laws have transformed the entire
new era in India’s criminal justice system. With the full landscape of justice—a shift now being directly felt
implementation of this law, the era of endless adjourn- by every citizen. The ‘Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,’ intro-
ments—famously known as ‘tareekh pe tareekh’—has duced under the leadership of PM Modi, marks a new
come to an end. A justice system has now been estab- beginning for justice, reflecting the mindset of a rapidly
lished in the country that ensures justice is delivered evolving India.

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