MCLR+ Resources: India

Criminal Law

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 (to replace the Indian Penal Code 1860)

• The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill 2023 dated 10.08.2023
• Parliament of India, Rajya Sabha (Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs), 246th Report on the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 (November 10, 2023)
• The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita Bill 2023 dated 09.12.2023
• The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 — as notified in the Gazette of India on December 25, 2023
• The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Legislative Department, Government of India)
• Indian Penal Code, 1860 (PDF) (Jan 7, 2024)
• Annotated Comparison of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 and Indian Penal Code, 1860 (via Project 39A, National Law University, Delhi, Aug. 2023)
• Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill: Implications of Proposed Changes to the Indian Penal Code (via NLS Blog, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, Dec. 2023)
• Uses of the Law of Sedition (Indian Law Commission, 2023)

Criminal Procedure

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 (to replace the Criminal Procedure Code 1973)

• The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill 2023 dated 10.08.2023
• Parliament of India, Rajya Sabha (Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs), 247th Report on the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 (November 10, 2023)
• The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita Bill 2023 dated 09.12.2023
• The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 — as notified in the Gazette of India on December 25, 2023
• The Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973 (Legislative Department, Government of India)
• The Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973 (PDF) (Jan 7, 2024)
• Annotated Comparison of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (via Project 39A, National Law University, Delhi, 2023)

Evidence

Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 (to replace the Indian Evidence Act 1872)

• The Bharatiya Sakshya Bill 2023 dated 10.08.2023
• Parliament of India, Rajya Sabha (Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs), 248th Report on the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill 2023 (November 10, 2023)
• The Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill 2023 dated 09.12.2023
• The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 — as notified in the Gazette of India on December 25, 2023
• The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Legislative Department, Government of India)
• The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (PDF) (Jan 7. 2024)
• Annotated Comparison of Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (via Project 39A, National Law University, Delhi, 2023)

MCLR+

Code Reform

• Colonialism Redux for the Digital Age? What to Make of India’s New Criminal Codes (Abhinav Sekhri)

Sedition

• A Moment of Reckoning for the Sedition Offense in India (Abhinav Sekhri)
• Criminalizing Sedition: The Indian Debate in International Perspective (video)
• Criminalizing Sedition: The Indian Debate in International Perspective (audio)
• Criminalizing Sedition: The Indian Debate in International Perspective (Oct 2, 2023)