BNSS Introduces Handcuffs and In-Absentia Trials, Widens Preventive Detention and Police Custody
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill has introduced very few Sections to justify a new Bill instead of an amendment to the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973. While it indigenises labels, it also introduces certain new provisions that go against the grain of the Indian Constitution.