Amit Shah says new criminal code will clear cases within three years
Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that full implementation of India's revised criminal statutes will allow cases to be resolved from filing to the Supreme Court in three years.
At the Gopalak Sammelan held on BHEL Dussehra Ground in Bhopal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah outlined the government's vision for the new criminal code. He asserted that the comprehensive rollout of the revised laws will enable a case to move from the initial FIR through to a Supreme Court ruling in just three years. Shah emphasized that the purpose of harsher punishments is to discourage criminal activity while the overall system becomes more efficient.
He described the reformed framework as poised to rank among the world's most modern criminal justice models. The remarks were part of a broader push to overhaul India's legal processes and improve case disposal rates.
Why it matters
The reforms could dramatically shorten legal proceedings and reshape India's criminal justice system.
How the sides frame it
MODERATE AGREEMENTBoth camps report Shah's claim that the new criminal code will deliver justice within three years, but the centrist coverage emphasizes efficiency and modernity, while the right-leaning coverage stresses the code's transformative, technology-driven features and its focus on safety issues and colonial contrast.
CENTER
Centrist coverage presents the announcement as a vision for faster case disposal and a modern, efficient justice system.
RIGHT
Right-leaning coverage frames the pledge as a transformative reform that adds scientific tools, tackles specific safety concerns, and breaks from colonial-era laws.
The right emphasises
- judgments within three years from FIR to Supreme Court
- scientific and technological tools for forensic investigations
- addressing women's safety, mob lynching, missing children and terrorism
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