Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah says, the tableau of three New Criminal Laws presented by MHA embodies historic legal reforms erasing colonial vestiges under Prime Minister Shri Narendra Mo...

• Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), 2023 replace the IPC 1860, CrPC 1973 and Indian Evidence Act 1872.
• Assented by President on 25 December 2023; came into force 1 July 2024.
• Pitched as shift from a "punishment-oriented" to a "justice-oriented" system, erasing colonial vestiges.