Model Guidelines for Recording of Evidence of Vulnerable Witnesses-2024 in accordance with the new Criminal Laws.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KRGNTn8uzQ_TfX4BWJY2h5_PmyMFJ4Im/view?usp=sharing

 

Guidelines for Recording of Evidence of Vulnerable Witnesses, 2024

Objectives and Purpose

·       Enable vulnerable witnesses to depose freely in a safe and secure environment

·       Minimize harm or secondary victimization during participation in the justice system

·       Ensure effective implementation of rights for all parties - accused's right to fair trial, victim's right to participate effectively, and vulnerable witness protection

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New Criminal Laws : Important Articles On BNS, BNSS & BSA

 

1) Important highlights of new IPC new CRPC and new Evidence act as enacted in 2023.

https://www.lawweb.in/2024/02/important-highlights-of-new-ipc-new.html

2) 18 Important Changes Introduced by Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita{BNS}{NEW IPC}.

https://www.lawweb.in/2024/06/18-important-changes-introduced-by.html

3) Important features of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023{NEW IPC}

https://www.lawweb.in/2024/06/important-features-of-bharatiya-nyaya.html

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Important features of Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam,2023

 1. The new Act on law of evidence has been named as “Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), 2023” which has replaced the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

2. The words like ‘Parliament of the United Kingdom’, ‘Provincial Act’, ‘notification by the Crown Representative’, ‘London Gazette’, ‘any Dominion, colony or possession of his Majesty, ‘Jury’, ‘Lahore’, ‘United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland’, ‘Commonwealth,’ ‘Her Majesty or by the Privy Council,’ ‘Her Majesty's Government’, ‘copies or extracts contained in the London Gazette, or purporting to be printed by the Queen’s Printer’, ‘possession of the British Crown’, ‘Court of Justice in England’, ‘Her Majesty’s Dominions’, ‘Barrister’ have thus been deleted as they are no longer relevant.

3. Language of the BSA has been modernized. The words like ‘Vakil’, ‘Pleader’ and ‘Barrister’ have been replaced with the word ‘Advocate’.

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