Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday introduced the three Amended Bills which will replace the criminal laws in the country in the Lok Sabha. He said that most of the amendments were grammatical corrections, with a few Sections in the laws being amended.

The three laws are: Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita 2023; and Bharatiya Sakshya (Second), 2023.

Shah said discussion on the bill will take place on Thursday and reply to the debate will be held on Friday.

Earlier, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal moved the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023 in the Rajya Sabha for consideration to regulate the appointment, conditions of service and term of office of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and other Election Commissioners (ECs), and the procedure for transaction of business by the Election Commission. The bill seeks to establish a committee of the Prime Minister, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a Cabinet Minister nominated by the PM to select members of the Election Commission. The bill aims to overturn the Supreme Court verdict (March 2) which said that a high-power committee consisting of the PM, LoP in Lok Sabha, and the Chief Justice of India must pick the CEC and ECs.