On 12 December, revised criminal law bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha, viz. Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita Bill, 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita Bill, 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill, 2023. This document highlights the key changes proposed.
Punishment
This article argues that Section 124-A (IPC) constitutes an offence of formal strict liability but fails to satisfy the philosophical justifications of strict criminal liability. It concludes by showing how Section 150 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita Bill rectifies this defect by adding the mens rea element of knowledge or purpose.
This post analyses the newly introduced provisions penalising organised crime and their comparison with existing state organised crime legislations.
This post analyses changes introduced to the provision on death by negligence, including enhancement of punishment and obligatory reporting mechanisms.
This post analyses the issues with imposing a mandatory minimum of a whole life sentence as punishment for murder and attempt to murder by life convicts.
Three bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha that sought to repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. In the third installment, Project 39A has prepared the document comparing the proposed Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 with the current provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
Three bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha that sought to repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. In the first installment, Project 39A has prepared the document comparing the proposed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 (BNS) with the current provisions of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC).
The article borrows from the United States of America to examine whether lethal injections are an appropriate mode of execution and a feasible alternative to hanging by the neck in India.