New criminal laws in
effect ; amendments soon
From July 1 , 0:00 hrs
three new criminal laws have been
implemented in the country . All police
stations Has no option but to apply the three new criminal laws .
States can bring
their own laws in certain provisions of BNSS .
Several non-BJP states objected to the implementation . Government
has said that states can bring their own amendments to certain
provisions of Bhartiya Nyay Suraksha samhita ( BNSS ) that replaces the code of
Criminal Procedure (CrPC ) .
Cases registered before 1 july , and case that is registered
after 1 July but crime was committed before 1 july will be dealt through IPC .
So IPC and the three criminal laws will work concurrently for the time being .
The three new Criminal laws Bhartiya Nyay Samhita ( BNS ) ,
Bhartiya Nyaya Suraksha Samhita ( BNSS ) and Bhatiya Sakshaya ( BS ) will
replace previous Indian Penal Code ( IPC ) , Code of Criminal Procedure ( Cr PC
) , and Indian Evidence Act ,1872 ( IEA ) respectively .
BNS deals with the punishment in different crimes . BNSS
deals with procedures used by police and BS deals with methods and procedures
of evidence collection .
Several Amendments is expected to come soon like law on
sexual assault on males and Transgender .
What is new ?
●
Provision of zero FIR allowing filing of zero FIR at
the police station.l ,regardless of jurisdiction .
●
Online Registration of police complaints and mandatory
videography of crime scenes for all
heinous crimes .
●
A person can now report incidents by electronic
communication without need to visit a police
station .
●
Judgement in criminal case has to come within 45 days
of completion of trial
●
Provision agaisnt false promoses of marriages , gang
rape of minors and mob lynching .
●
Statement of woman police officer will be recorded by
woman police officer in the presence of her guardian or relative .
●
Death sentenceorn.life imprisonment for gang rape of
minors .
●
Sedition has to be replaced with ‘ secession ‘ or ‘ act
against countries sovereignty, integrity and unity .
Electronic evidence
The BNSS mandates compulsory audio visual recording of
search and seizure in. each criminal case and mandatory forensic examiner in all cases that attract
punishment above seven years .
Home ministry is testing me Sakshya app to help police
record scene of crime searhc and seizure of criminal cases and upload files to
cloud based platform .
Concern emerges over
BNSS provision of police custody
The new provisions under BNSS has changed the period of
police custody .
The Code of Criminal
Procedure ( CrPC ) allows jurisdictional magistrate to grant police
custody for upto 15 days in case police investigation is not completed within 24 hours .
BNSS says ,police custody of 15 days can be extended to 40
to 60 days during the initial period of 60 ro 90 days of judicial custody .
Human right activists are apprehensive that the provision
could pave the way for police to indulge in extrajudicial measures .
Indian diplomat
summoned over sailor’s death
SriLanka’s Ministry of foreign affairs summoned an official
from the Indian high commissioner in Colombo , and voiced its concern over
death of Srilankan Naval sailor on june 25 .
The Naval sailor died due to “ aggressive manoeuvres of a
Indian trawler “ , that resisted directions of” patrol unit , according to Srilankan
Naval official . The accident happened in Kankesanthurai .
There is long term demand by Srilankan fishing community
from the Indian side to stop using the destructive bottom trawling method of
fishing .
India is in favour of regulating bottom trawling rather than
removing it .
Bottom trawling destroys the natural seafood habitat by
essential retotalling of seabed . All the bottom dwelling animals are affected
.
DRDO takes up study
for the development of indigenous submarine
DRDO has conducted preliminary study on the design and
development of an indigenous
conventional submarine under Project 76 .
Under Project 76 , there will be substantial Indigenousation
of content , including weapons , missiles , combat management system , sonar ,
communication etc .
India does not build submarines Indigenously .
Currently India procures submarines from other countries and
is built in Indian shipyards under the P75I program . The P75I program is going
to expire soon .
Under current procurement of submarines , India is looking
to procure six submarines.
The countries shortlisted are : Russia , Germany , Spain ,
France , South Korea .
The submarine will be built in a Indian shipyard .
India identified 641
fauna species and 339 taxa
The Ministry of Environment has released a list of newly
discovered flora and fauna in India in 2023 .
A total of 641 species has – 442 entirely new to science and 199 newly recorded to
country were added to the list of Indian fauna .
Among them are 339 taxa –326 species and 13 infraspecific
taxa .
Kerala topped the list with 101 additions , followed by West
Bengal 72 and Tamil Nadu 64 .
Among the new plant discoveries were :
Curcuma Kachingense : a new species of turmeric discovered in
Kakching in Manipur .
Asystasia Venuri : A flowering plant discovered in Howrah botanical park
Animal discoveries Include :
Miniopterus Srinii –
Bent winged in Kodagu district of Karnataka .
General Dwivedi
assumes the charge of Chief of army staff
General Upendra Dwivedi took oath as Chief Of Army Staff (
COAS ) on sunday after General Manoj Pande supernatural .
Modi’s visit to Moscow timely , say experts
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on july 8 and
9 .
The visit is expected to focus on strategic , economic and
military ties .
The Modi Putin talk is expected to focus on the rise of
India China trade. due to India’s import
of oil issues arising from western sanctions , building on the Chennai
Vladivostok maritime route
And concluding of Reciprocal Exchange of Logistical arrangement
( RELOS ) thar will pave the way for more defense exchanges.
This will be PM Modi’s first bilateral visit after Lok SABHA
election results .
Last time the two leaders met on the sidelines of the SCO
summit in Uzbekistan in 2022 .
SCO meeting will be held on 4th July in Astana
,Kazakhstan. PM Modi has deputed EAM S
Jaishankar for this visit .
World
Taliban members meet
Afghanistan UN envoy in Doha
Under the United Nations Strategic Framework for Afghanistan
( UNSFA ) , representatives of Afghanistan Taliban began meeting with UN envoys in Doha , Qatar
.
This was the third meeting of UNSFA . But Taliaban was
invited for the first time .
Civil society groups including women’s right organisations
outcried that invitation ti Taliban would legitimise their gender based
oppression .
UNSFA was formed in 2023 to resolve the issues in
Afghanistan after being taken over by
the Taliban .
Currently no country recognises Taliban ruled government in
Afghanistan .
Women bombers kill 18
in coordinated attack in Nigeria
women suicide bombers targetted a wedding , a funeral and a
hospital in coordinated attack in North Nigeria .
The first bombers detonated during a marriage
celebration in the north eastern town of
Gwozo .
No one has claimed responsibility of the attack .
In the past Boko haram has used women in suicide bombing .
Boko Haram and Islamic states are two major terrorist group
active in the region . Their mandate is to build Islamic state in Nigeria .
Sports
Jadeja too walks into
the sunset
Ravindra Jadeja too has decided to hung his boots in T 20
internationals after India won World Cup .
Earlier Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli has announced his
retirement from T 20 internationals .
