Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria said the new criminal laws drafted by the three states to replace the colonial-era laws have been formulated with a touch of humanism, unlike the previous laws.
Kataria made these remarks during a two-day conference organized by the Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law and Justice End, on Sunday. The conference stressed the humane nature of these laws, citing provisions relating to cases of hitting and run-offs, violence against women, and the end of the colonial-era offense of sedition.
“It is a great change from the earlier patterns of colonial laws and inspires pride in every Indian by ditching the rather colonial legal past not only in Assam but in the entire North East,” Kataria remarked.
Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Vijay Bishnoi stated that such legislation is necessary to advance the law in the country, although the efficacy of the new laws will be analyzed in the future.
The Additional Chief Justice of the High Court of Assam, Justice Mir Alfaz Ali I, has become Vice Chancellor of the National Law University and the National Judicial Academy in Assam, argued that the public must have more information and that the people implementing the new laws be trained for this.
New Criminal Laws: The Future of the Criminal Justice System was a three-day conference that focused on technical sessions on the critical components of the new laws and how they will be implemented across the nation from July 1.
