Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge stated INDIA bloc will not permit ‘bulldozing’ techniques in Parliament
New Delhi:
As three new felony legal guidelines got here into power right this moment, predominant Opposition Congress stated these legal guidelines had been “forcibly” handed by suspending 146 MPs from Parliament proceedings. The celebration additionally stated 90 per cent of those legal guidelines are a “reduce, copy and paste job”.
Taking to X, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge stated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP are “pretending to worth the Structure after an electoral and ethical setback within the election”. “However the fact is that the brand new felony legal guidelines that come into power right this moment had been handed forcibly by suspending 146 MPs. INDIA is not going to permit this ‘bulldozer legislation’ on Parliamentary proceedings anymore,” he added.
चुनाव में राजनीतिक व नैतिक झटके के बाद मोदी जी और भाजपा वाले संविधान का आदर करने का ख़ूब दिखावा कर रहें हैं, पर सच तो ये है कि आज से जो आपराधिक न्याय प्रणाली के तीन क़ानून लागू हो रहे हैं, वो 146 सांसदों को सस्पेंड कर जबरन पारित किए गए।
INDIA अब ये “बुलडोज़र न्याय” संसदीय…
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) July 1, 2024
The Congress chief was referring to the Winter Session of Parliament that noticed the suspension of almost two-third of the Opposition MPs in each Homes. The mass suspensions had come amid the Opposition’s protest towards the Parliament safety breach. The brand new felony legal guidelines cleared the Parliament nearly within the absence of the Opposition.
Senior Congress chief P Chidambaram stated 90-99 per cent of the “so-called new legal guidelines” are a reduce, copy and paste job. “A job that might have been accomplished with a couple of amendments to the present three legal guidelines has been was a wasteful train,” he stated.
Acknowledging that there are a couple of enhancements, he stated these modifications may have been launched as amendments.
The three felony legal guidelines to switch the IPC, CrPC and Indian Proof Act come into power right this moment
90-99 per cent of the so-called new legal guidelines are a reduce, copy and paste job. A job that might have been accomplished with a couple of amendments to the present three legal guidelines has been was a…
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) July 1, 2024
“Alternatively, there are a number of retrograde provisions. Some modifications are prima facie unconstitutional. MPs who had been members of the Standing Committee have poured over the provisions and written detailed dissent notes to the three Payments. The federal government didn’t rebut or reply any of the criticisms within the dissent notes. There was no worthwhile debate in Parliament,” he stated.
“Regulation students, Bar Associations, judges and legal professionals have in quite a few articles and seminars identified the grave deficiencies within the three new legal guidelines. Nobody in authorities has cared to reply the questions,” the Congress chief added.
“It’s one other case of bulldozing three present legal guidelines and change them with three new Payments with out satisfactory dialogue and debate. The preliminary affect will probably be to throw the administration of felony justice into disarray. Within the medium time period, quite a few challenges to the legal guidelines will probably be instituted in varied Courts. In the long run, additional modifications have to be made to the three legal guidelines to deliver them in conformity with the Structure and the fashionable rules of felony jurisprudence,” Mr Chidambaram stated.
Union Residence Minister Amit Shah, who led the legislation revision train, has stated these legal guidelines “are made by Indians, for Indians and by an Indian Parliament and marks the top of colonial felony justice legal guidelines”. He has additionally stated that these legal guidelines weren’t nearly altering the nomenclature however bringing about an overhaul. “Soul, physique and spirit of the brand new legal guidelines is Indian,” he had stated.
Mr Shah stated that whereas the colonial-era legal guidelines deal with penalty, these legal guidelines would prioritise justice.
