Chidambaram nominated to parliamentary panel on home affairs looking into criminal laws
The Hindu
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar nominates former Home Minister P. Chidambaram to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs.
Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on August 29 nominated former Home Minister and Congress member P. Chidambaram to the department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs.
Mr. Chidambaram's nomination comes in the wake of the retirement of Congress member P. Bhattacharya from Rajya Sabha.
The Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs is currently looking into the three new bills Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, seeking to replace criminal laws Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Indian Evidence Act.
"The Chairman, Rajya Sabha has, on the 28th August, 2023, nominated Shri P. Chidambaram, Member, Rajya Sabha, to the Committee on Home Affairs vice Shri P. Bhattacharya, who retired from the membership of Rajya Sabha on the 18th August, 2023," a bulletin from the Rajya Sabha secretariat said.
Mr. Dhankhar had on August 18 referred the three proposed laws that will replace the IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act to the Standing Committee on Home Affairs for examination and asked it to submit its report within three months.
The three bills were introduced in Lok Sabha by Home Minister Amit Shah on August 11.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs is of the Rajya Sabha and has members from both Houses of Parliament.
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