Revamped criminal laws, Lok Sabha session | Chhota Hafta 492 with @meghnerd

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Published 2024-07-06
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This week, YouTube creator and Newslaundry’s former editor ‪@meghnerd‬ is the host, joined by Newslaundry’s Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan, Supreme court advocate Vrinda Grover, and journalist Aditi Phadnis.

On the three criminal laws that came into effect this month – Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam – Vrinda says the BNS that replaces the Indian Penal Code will reduce argumentative Indians into mute spectators. “In many ways, they are a pre-Diwali bonanza for the police as their arbitrary discretions have been further enhanced and given statutory recognition.”

Raman says a lot of chaos is likely to ensue in the Indian judiciary, “especially for the police custody for ‘rajdroh (sedition)’ and ‘deshdroh (treason)’.” Meghnad talks about the first person, a Delhi street vendor, to be booked under the BNS.

On the ongoing Lok Sabha session, Anand says, “The political theatrics reflect the changing nature of engagement between parliamentarians and their audience… live coverage tweet-by-tweet has made them appeal to the larger Twitterati for virality.” Aditi says these theatrics have landed the BJP in power.

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All Comments (21)
  • @drujjwalsethi8281
    Wohooo meghnerd where he belongs, so happy to see you here! Brings a bit of normalcy and balance into our lives!
  • @vaibhavyadav6570
    Meghnad on his stream angrily said that he'd not talk about the new laws now because people want short form content, Here we are today.😭😭😭
  • @monkeybaath2325
    When criminals revamp criminal laws…. What can we expect?
  • @Blue_chess007
    The worst part is banning break up and making it punishable offence and no matter if the girl had consent or not This is just giving a way to blackmail Our PM should be the 1st one to get punished Non sense middle aged law
  • @crazy4k341
    Omg so good to see you Meghnad: ) Please do keep coming to NL. And please missing Toadies, please do a Toadies 3.
  • @arrowhead697
    The editing feels very weird, the points were not finished. Is this like a trailer version?
  • @Siddoable
    Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita is difficult to say.... but Aachar Sanhita (Code of ethics) is commonly said and understood....
  • @anandsharma7430
    The main reform that was needed is not done - all Indian police stations need a detectives-only department, that is good at forensics, deduction, evidence collection, interrogation without brutality, court-sanctioned surveillance and so on. At the moment, Investigation Officers as well as members of investigation teams are also burdened with mundane, unintelligent tasks, and the members are often not as sharp as a full-time detective would be. In short, the police system has a shortage of honest and sharp brains, because the brains are also forced to do brawn work, and the brawns are made to do brain work. Of course, that system can be corrupted too, but at least it will function in cases where there is no corporate or political interest involved, as well as, the detective department being different from the arresting department will lead to a check-and-balance. There will also be more FIRs going to the "closed due to poor quality information" or "false accusations" basket easier. With brains being passed on to the police station level, the burden of frivolous cases and bad evidence will go away from the courts.
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