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The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) (IAST: Bhāratīya Nyāya Saṃhitā; lit. ' Indian Justice Code ') is the official criminal code in India.It came into effect on 1 July 2024 after being passed by the parliament in December 2023 to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
On 11 August 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill, 2023 was introduced by Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs, in Lok Sabha. [5] [6] [7] On 12 December 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill, 2023 was withdrawn. On 12 December 2023 – 2024, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita Bill, 2023 was introduced in Lok ...
The Indian Penal Code (IPC) was the official criminal code in the Republic of India, inherited from British India after independence, until it was repealed and replaced by Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in December 2023, which came into effect on 1 July 2024.
Capital punishment in India is the highest legal penalty for crimes under the country's main substantive penal legislation, the Bharathiya Nyaya Sanhitha (formerly Indian Penal Code), as well as other laws. Executions are carried out by hanging as the primary method of execution per Section 354(5) of the Criminal Code of Procedure, 1973 is ...
On 12 December 2023, the Bharatiya Sakshya bill, 2023 was withdrawn. On 12 December 2023, the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) bill, 2023 was introduced in Lok Sabha. On 20 December 2023, the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) bill, 2023 was passed in Lok Sabha. [4] On 21 December 2023, the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) bill, 2023 was introduced in Rajya Sabha.
On 11 August 2023, a Bill to replace the CrPC with the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) was introduced in the Lok Sabha. [3] On 26 December 2023, it was replaced with Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).
Section 377 was fully replaced along with the rest of the Indian Penal Code by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) [11] on 1st July 2024. Portions of the section were first struck down as unconstitutional with respect to gay sex by the Delhi High Court in July 2009.
With the replacement of the Indian Penal Code by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita in December 2023, there is no longer any language equivalent to Section 377, and as a result homosexual rape ceased to be illegal throughout India. [6] [7]