Congress slams ‘bulldozer justice’ as new criminal laws take effect

With the three new criminal laws coming into effect the Congress on Monday accused the government of getting them ldquoforciblyrdquo passed in Parliament after suspending 146 MPs and asserted that going forward the INDIA bloc will not allow such ldquobulldozer justicerdquo to prevail in the countryrsquos parliamentary systemThree new criminal laws came into effect in the country on Monday bringing farreaching changes in Indiarsquos criminal justice systemMallikarjun Kharge Congress presidentThe Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita BNSS and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam BSA take into account some of the current social realities and modernday crimes The new laws replaced the Britishera Indian Penal Code Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act respectivelyIn a post in Hindi on X Kharge said ldquoAfter the political and moral shock in the elections Modi ji and the BJP are pretending to respect the Constitution but the truth is that the three laws of the criminal justice system which are being implemented from today were passed forcibly after suspension of 146 MPsrdquoldquoINDIA will no longer allow this lsquobulldozer justicersquo to prevail in the parliamentary systemrdquo he assertedCongress general secretary Jairam Ramesh also took a swipe at the government after the first FIR was lodged under the new lawsCongress leader P Chidambaram also slammed the government as the new criminal laws came into effect and said it was another case of ldquobulldozingrdquo existing laws and replacing them with three new bills without adequate discussion and debate In a post on X Chidambaram said ldquo9099 per cent of the socalled new laws are a cut copy and paste job A task that could have been completed with a few amendments to existing three laws has been turned into a wasteful exerciserdquoStreet vendor is Delhirsquos 1st case under new codeDelhi Police filed its first FIR under provisions of a new criminal code against a street vendor whose cart allegedly obstructed a public way The FIR was registered under Section 285 of BNS which states ldquoWhoever by doing any act or by omitting to take order with any property in his possession or under his charge causes danger obstruction or injury to any person in any public way or public line of navigation shall be punished with fine which may extend to Rs 5000rdquoAmit Shah to Opposition Meet me donrsquot do politicsUnion Home Minister Amit ShahAs the new criminal laws came into force on Monday amid protests from members of opposition parties Union Home Minister Amit Shah asked them to meet him to discuss their grievances and asserted that he is open to hearing their suggestions ldquoI am ready to meet anyone who wants We will meet and also review But please do not do politicsrdquo he said at a press conference replying to questions about protests from opposition leaders Shah rejected criticism that the three new criminal laws were draconian and repressive He said the laws were modern protect the rights of the victims and fix accountability on police forcesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever