The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed three criminal law amendment bills a day after they were passed by the Lok Sabha. .The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill aim to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Indian Evidence Act..The three bills were first introduced in Lok Sabha on August 11 as Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill before being referred to a parliamentary committee headed by Brij Lal for further examination. The committee submitted its report on November 10.On December 11, instead of being amended as per the committee's suggestions, the bills were withdrawn.The following day, December 12, Home Minister Amit Shah reintroduced the latest iteration of the bills, insisting that they were withdrawn and reintroduced to save effort that would have gone towards passing separate amendments.Notably, an amendment was moved yesterday to reduce liability of medical professionals for causing death due to negligence. This was done following requests from the Indian Medical Association, the Home Minister revealed.Section 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, which provides punishment for causing death due to negligence, specifies that in cases where a medical practitioner was performing a medical procedure, the punishment would be two years, as opposed to five years otherwise..[Read bills as passed by Lok Sabha]
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed three criminal law amendment bills a day after they were passed by the Lok Sabha. .The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill aim to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Indian Evidence Act..The three bills were first introduced in Lok Sabha on August 11 as Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill before being referred to a parliamentary committee headed by Brij Lal for further examination. The committee submitted its report on November 10.On December 11, instead of being amended as per the committee's suggestions, the bills were withdrawn.The following day, December 12, Home Minister Amit Shah reintroduced the latest iteration of the bills, insisting that they were withdrawn and reintroduced to save effort that would have gone towards passing separate amendments.Notably, an amendment was moved yesterday to reduce liability of medical professionals for causing death due to negligence. This was done following requests from the Indian Medical Association, the Home Minister revealed.Section 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, which provides punishment for causing death due to negligence, specifies that in cases where a medical practitioner was performing a medical procedure, the punishment would be two years, as opposed to five years otherwise..[Read bills as passed by Lok Sabha]
