Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and others in the Lok Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Parliament proceedings | Lok Sabha passes Bills to replace British-era criminal laws The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed three amended Bills that seek to repeal and replace criminal laws which date back to colonial times. This criminal law reform brings terrorism offences into a general crime law for the first time, drops the crime of sedition, and makes mob lynching punishable by death. New criminal Bills have provisions for time-bound investigation and trial: Shah Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that after the implementation of the three new criminal Bills there would be a uniform justice system throughout the country. He said the proposed laws were victim-centred and fixed the accountability of the police. He said an independent Director of Prosecution would be appointed at the district and State levels, where the role of the police would only be …