The three new criminal laws are “the biggest reform the country has witnessed in the 21st century”, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday said that adding that they make the process of justice delivery simpler and time bound and after 2026, an FIR will be disposed of in three years on an average.

“There is a perception among people that if they go to a police station, they will not get justice for years. I can say it with confidence that after 2026, a First Information Report will be disposed of in three years on an average and justice will be ensured,” Shah said.

There will be no “tareekh pe tareekh” (repeated adjournments in courts), the home minister said, adding the new laws would give priority to providing justice, unlike the colonial-era laws that gave primacy to penal action.

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