The central government on Monday, 11 December, decided to withdraw the three new criminal law bills from the Lok Sabha, seeking to replace them with new draft bills, reported news agency PTI.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to introduce the new drafts of these bills in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, 12 December.
The three bills in question – The Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill, 2023, and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) Bill, 2023 – were introduced in the lower house of the parliament on 11 August 2023.