India’s Criminal Law Overhaul: Impact on Criminal Justice System
The idea behind overhauling India's criminal law was to modernize legal frameworks, enhance justice delivery, and address contemporary challenges. Reforms focus on reducing delays, ensuring fair trials, and protecting victims' rights, significantly impacting the efficiency and effectiveness of the criminal justice system.
Challenges
- Issues of Torture and Evidence: Torture and the use of torture-based evidence in criminal trials are prevalent issues. Although clause 118 of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023, addresses causing grievous hurt to extort confessions, it has significant limitations. Without changes in the evidence legislation regarding recovery evidence based on statements to the police, the institutional reality of ....
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