Are the new criminal law bills really anti-colonial? Here’s why experts say no

Naveed Mehmood Ahmad, senior resident fellow with the Criminal Justice Team at the legal policy think-tank Vidhi, agreed that the bills don’t bring any substantial changes and merely carry out a “cleaning up process” of the current criminal laws. Ahmad said the only noteworthy changes could be seen in the Nyaya Sanhita, which brings organised crime (clause 109), terrorism (clause 111) and sexual intercourse with a woman using deceitful means (clause 69) as offences into the penal law. This article was published in Scroll.in on August 24, 2023.