After the approval by the President of India on 25.12.2023, all three bills related to the new judicial code have been notified. Still, there is a problem in implementing them simultaneously across the country. The three bills Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (New IPC), Bharatiy Sakhshya Sanhita (New Evidence Act) and Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (New CRPC) have incorporated new technologies developed in 100 years. If we start implementing these simultaneously in police stations and courts across the country, there will be a shortage of infrastructure, software, computerization and trained human resources. This will cause problems in the proceedings. Therefore, the Home Ministry has decided that the states where the infrastructure is being prepared in accordance with the new laws will be able to decide to implement them themselves.

The Centre's focus is on implementing the new codes. Many problems have arisen in the review meetings at the central and state level. Therefore, states have been given the freedom to make independent decisions. The districts areas and cities where the framework for new legislation will be prepared will be notified. Police stations in Union Territories are 100% upgraded. Therefore, they will have to implement new laws by January 31. Most of the FIRs are being filed online in 8 states

As per media reports, there are at least 8 states where FIRs in many cases have started being registered online. It will be easy to implement the new ‘Evidence Act’ in these states. These states are- Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

To prepare the infrastructure, the Center has given Rs 2 thousand crores to the states. With this, upgradation has started in all the states. 6 forensic science labs will be built in the country. For basic preparation, training models were prepared by selecting 22 police stations. The team of criminology experts, electronic affairs experts, Bureau of Police Research and Development, NCRB and Home Ministry is preparing the list of requirements according to the police stations and districts.

FIR through the App: 

Facilities started in many states...

• Complaint Registration: Telangana, Jharkhand, Himachal, Puducherry, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
• Vehicle, and property theft: Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh.
• Tracking of missing persons: Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Delhi.
• Matching of anonymous deceased: Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
• Citizen Help App: Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh.

Challenges: 

• There are no vehicles in 257 police stations.
• 638 police stations do not have telephones.
• 143 police stations do not have wireless/mobile.
• Police stations in sensitive states like Punjab, Arunachal, Odisha do not even have basic facilities.
• Some police stations in Jammu and Kashmir do not have phones and wireless sets.
• To comply with the new laws, 1.53 lakh sub-inspectors are required, whereas there are only 99 thousand.
• More than 9.77 lakh constables are required, currently there are 8.10 lakh.