India Embarks on Modernizing Colonial-Era Criminal Laws from July 2024
India is poised to enact a significant transformation of its criminal justice system by introducing three fresh legal codes effective July 1, 2024. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya, 2023 will supplant the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), and the Indian Evidence Act, respectively. […]