The Bhartiya Sakshya Bill, 2023

On 11th August, 2023, the Bhartiya Sakshya Bill, 2023 was introduced in Lok Sabha to repeal the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. The Lok Sabha passed the bill and referred it to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs.

  • The Bill aims to consolidate and provide for general rules and principles of evidence for fair trial.
  • It makes electronic or digital records admissible as evidence; thereby they will have the same legal effect as paper documents.
  • It repeals five existing provisions of the Evidence Act, modifies 23 provisions, and adds one new provision.
  • The bill proposes amendments to 23 Sections and ....
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