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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has called upon the centre to “withhold” the three criminal laws that would become effective from July 1, and obtain the views of all the states and other key stakeholders on these new legislations.
The new laws, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), enacted by the union government repealing the existing Indian Penal Code, 1860, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, were enacted “in haste without adequate deliberations and consultations,” Stalin said.
In a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the chief minister said these enactments fell within List III – concurrent list of the Constitution of India, and hence there ought to have been extensive consultations with the state governments before they were passed.
Earlier Senior Congress leader and former I& B Minister Manish Tewari too spoke out against the three laws in his tweet on X
The Law Minister @arjunrammeghwal is being economical with the truth .
The three new Criminal Laws were arbitrarily passed in Parliament after suspending a record 146 MP’s belonging to the opposition.
These three Laws therefore reflect the will of only a section of Parliament…
— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) June 17, 2024
