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Parliamentary Standing Committee on Crime Bills

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Crime Bills

Source: The Hindu
GS II: Indian Constitution


Overview

  1. News in Brief
  2. What are the concerns?
  3. 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.

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Crime Bills

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
  • 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.

 

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