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Bharatiya Sakshya Bill 2023

Bharatiya Sakshya Bill 2023

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Bharatiya Sakshya Bill 2023

Source: Deccan Herald
GS II: Governance


Overview

  1. News in Brief
  2. What is the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill 2023?

Why in News?

Recently, the Union Home Minister introduced Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023.

Remember: Evidence Act – Bharatiya Sakshya

News in Brief


  • After introduction the Bills have been sent to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs.
  • The Bharatiya Sakshya Bill proposes the general rules and principles regarding collection and submitting of evidence in all criminal matters, which are being governed under the Evidence Act.
  • The laws being replaced were focused on protecting and strengthening the British administration.

What is the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill 2023?


  • It is the goal of the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023 to consolidate and to provide for general rules and principles of evidence for fair trial.
  • The recent sociological and technical developments have not been reflected in the current Indian Evidence Act.
  • The new bill’s suggested amendments are meant to bring the laws into line with peoples’ needs and ambitions today.

Key Provisions

  • It makes electronic or digital records admissible as evidence, giving them the same legal effect as paper documents.
  • The bill repeals five existing provisions of the Evidence Act, modifies 23 provisions, and adds one new provision.
  • The bill proposes amendments to 23 Sections and contains 170 Sections in total.
  • The scope of secondary evidence is expanded to include copies made from the original by mechanical processes, counterparts of documents, and oral accounts of document contents.
  • The bill introduces precise and uniform rules for dealing with evidence during the trial of cases.

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