3 New Criminal Laws Takes Effect Replacing Colonial-Era IPC, CrPC, Evidence Act

India is gearing up for a significant overhaul of its legal framework with the introduction of three new criminal laws, slated to replace outdated colonial-era statutes and will come into effect from today, July 1. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), passed in Parliament last December, will replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 respectively.