An extraordinary general body meeting of the Madras Bar Association has termed the news names of the three Bills on Criminal laws (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill 2023, Bharatiya Sakshaya Bill 2023) “violate the Indian Constitution,” being in Hindi. The resolution states that the Bar Association will be writing to the Union Law Minister in this regard “to reconsider and rename the Bills that have been tabled” on the last day of the monsoon session of Parliament on August 11, 2023.
The resolution may be read here:
