As of July 1, 2023, the Central Government of India has introduced three new laws - the Indian Penal Code 2023, the Indian Civil Safety Code 2023, and the Indian Evidence Act 2023. All training institutes under the government's purview have been instructed to incorporate materials of these new criminal laws into various training programs designed for civil servants.
Moreover, the Personnel and Training Department has instructed all Ministries and Departments to ensure that the training institutes under their administrative control incorporate the subjects of these three fresh statutes into their training programs.
An official order has advised institutes to utilize e-courses that survey the changes introduced by these new laws, available on the iGoT portal. The three new criminal laws will supplant the Indian Penal Code (1860), the Code of Criminal Procedure (1973), and the Indian Evidence Act (1872), notified on 25 December 2023. These will become effective from July 1.
Source: aajtak
The Personnel and Training Department, in a directive to all central government Ministries and Departments, has requested the integration of content from these three new laws into their training schemes.
In light of the new criminal laws coming into effect from July, senior advocate Indira Jaisingh has written to Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and the Chief Justice of India, advocating for a stay on these laws until further discussion with all stakeholders. In her letter to the Law Minister, Jaisingh raised concerns that every ongoing case would bring up the question of which law applies. She stressed that this is separate from the constitutional challenges facing several provisions of the three new criminal laws, an issue that is looming in the public consciousness. However, she refrained from commenting on this aspect, noting that it is something for the judiciary to decide.
