Parliamentary Standing Committee on Crime Bills
Source: The Hindu
GS II: Indian Constitution
Overview
- News in Brief
- What are the concerns?
- About the Parliamentary Committee
Why in the News?
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs postponed its adoption of a draft report on three Bills seeking to replace the existing criminal laws, after pressure from the Opposition parties seeking more time to examine it.
News in Brief
- The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs postponed its adoption of a draft report on three Bills seeking to replace the existing criminal laws.
- Opposition parties seeking more time to examine it.
- English and Hindi version was sent to members of the Parliamentary panel only recently, just hours before the adoption of the report was slated at Friday’s meeting of the panel.
- They are demanding several changes that will replace the
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 will replace the Indian Penal Code
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 will replace the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC)
- The panel’s draft report has accepted a host of suggestions on the Bharatiya Sakshya, 2023, which is meant to replace the Indian Evidence Act
What are the concerns?
- The Bills need extensive consultations with the governments and stakeholders in the States.
- Hindi nomenclature of the Bills is exclusionary for a large section of the country.
- The majority of bills are just copies of the current codes, which might have been changed rather than being introduced as new laws.
- The panel’s report states that since the text of the Bill is in English it does not violate provisions of Article 348 of the Constitution.
About the Parliamentary Committee
- A group of MPs known as a Parliamentary Committee is one that is either appointed, elected, or suggested by the Speaker or Chair of the House.
- The committee operates under the chairmanship of the Speaker and submits its findings to the Speaker or to the House.
- The British Parliament is where the concept of a parliamentary committee first emerged.
- Parliamentary committees are of two kinds
- Standing Committees
- The Standing Committees are permanent and work on a continuous basis.
- Ad Hoc Committees
- Committees are temporary and cease to exist on completion of the task assigned to them.
- Standing Committees
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