Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, three new criminal laws are becoming the protectors of civil rights and the basis of ease of justice. He said the new laws are victim- and citizen-centric, and they need to be implemented promptly. Chairing a meeting in New Delhi today to review the implementation of three new criminal laws in Uttarakhand, Mr. Shah asked the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami, to implement the new criminal laws 100 percent as soon as possible. He said the state government should give priority to 100 percent implementation of the new laws in all police stations and jails in areas where more FIRs are registered.
Emphasising the use of technology, the home minister said that more than one forensic mobile van should be available in every district of the state. Mr. Shah also emphasised that a protocol should be made to decide the designated place for video conferencing, and the cameras installed at all places should be of excellent quality. He said that there should be regular and continuous monitoring of how many of the total Zero FIRs registered have been brought to justice and how many FIRs have been transferred to the states. The Union Home Minister said the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand should review the progress of the implementation of the three new laws every 15 days and the Chief Secretary and DGP once a week with the officials of all the departments concerned. He suggested to the DGP of Uttarakhand to ensure that all the superintendents of police investigate the cases within the prescribed timelines.
Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Radha Raturi, State DGP Deepam Seth, and other senior officials were present at the meeting.
Later speaking to the media, Chief Minister Dhami said the new laws have been implemented in the country since July and Uttarakhand is working rapidly to implement these laws. He said, today, the work which has been done in the state so far to establish these laws, has been reviewed in detail. Mr Dhami said the new laws will work to give a new direction to the country.
