VP Dhankhar Urges Judicial Passion for Revolutionary Law Reforms

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar emphasized the importance of three newly implemented criminal laws, calling them revolutionary. Addressing a conference in Jodhpur, he urged judicial officers to be passionate and proactive about these changes, which are aimed at moving away from colonial legacies and focusing on justice-oriented reforms.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday urged judicial officers to enthusiastically embrace three recently implemented criminal laws, which he described as revolutionary.

These laws, namely the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), replaced the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), and Indian Evidence Act on July 1.

Emphasizing the need to shed colonial mindsets, Dhankhar said, ''These laws have been designed for us, by us, and need to be turned into reality by us. Be in mission mode, be passionate about it; people need it.'' Addressing a conference in Jodhpur, he highlighted that the new laws are justice-oriented rather than punitive and urged officers to get thoroughly acquainted with them.

(With inputs from agencies.)