K'taka govt opposes new criminal laws, says Centre did not take suggestions

The Karnataka government on Monday opposed the three new criminal laws, which came into force on July 1, saying the Centre did not take its suggestions into consideration. The three laws Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) replacing Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and Indian Evidence Act should have been implemented by the BJP government during its previous tenure itself and not now, Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil said in a press conference The Minister recalled that in 2023, Union Home Minister Amit Shah wrote to CM Siddaramaiah asking him to review and give suggestions on these laws. Based on the Chief Minister's direction, an expert committee was formed. The panel submitted a report to Siddaramaiah, which was forwarded to Shah. We gave a total of 23 suggestions but the central government did not take any of it seriously. No opinion of ours is included in it. Now, th