New criminal laws to come into effect from July 1.

The new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Act will come into effect on July 1, pushing the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, and Evidence Act into oblivion.  However, section 106(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita related to cases of hit and run will not be implemented, as promised to truckers who had protested against it. The gazette notifications were issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday

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