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House panel’s coding doesn’t fix the problem: Bills intended to replace India’s criminal codes were sent to the parliamentary standing committee on home affairs. Two legal experts say while the committee’s reported suggestions are right on some counts they are crucially wrong on lynching, adultery & marital rape
Ayushi Sharma is a Senior Resident Fellow with the Crime & Punishment Team at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. Her work focuses on mapping of India's criminal law landscape and developing a framework for principle-based criminal law making. Prior to joining Vidhi, she worked at Nirma University and National Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar. She graduated from National University of Law, Punjab (RGNUL) and obtained her Masters from the Indian Law Institute, Delhi. She is also currently pursuing her doctoral studies at National Law Institute University, Bhopal.
Naveed Mehmood Ahmad is Team Lead, Crime & Punishment at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. Naveed's work focuses on improving the responsiveness and effectiveness of the criminal justice system through research on criminalisation, criminal law, law enforcement, and correctional institutions in India. Currently, Naveed is working on decriminalisation of India's legislative landscape and reimagining India's approach towards Crime & Punishment. LESS... MORE
We look at the House committee’s crucial recommendations, by arranging them under five broad heads.
Right direction | The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 (BNS) provides for community service as a form of punishment for a few offences. But it does not define community service or provide a framework for its imposition. This can render a much-needed step unenforceable. The committee recommended defining community service and identifying the official responsible for executing community service orders.
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