The Opposition Congress, on August 13, demanded a larger public debate on the Bills — Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagrik Surkasha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill — introduced in Parliament to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Indian Evidence Act, respectively.
All India Congress Committee general secretary and MP Randeep Singh Surjewala said in a statement that while the Bills have been referred to the Select Committee of Parliament, the Bills and their provisions must be thrown open for a larger public debate by judges, lawyers, jurists, criminologists, reformers, stakeholders and the general public “in order to stay away from the trap of bulldozing the entire criminal law structure without discussion”. “We hope that better sense will prevail,” he said.
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