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The Union government at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday has cleared the outlay of 2,254 crore to build National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) across the country on Wednesday in alignment with the government's policy to overhaul the criminal justice system with three new laws that will be enforced from 1 July...
The government plans to create an NFSU in 28 states and all Union territories to provide education to as many as 9,000 students, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a press conference...
The cabinet outlay comes only a week after law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal assumed office for his second stint, and said that the three new criminal lawsthe Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Actwill be without facing any issues or obstacles..
The law minister, in his first media interaction after taking charge, also pointed out that the creation of the new educational institutes for forensic sciences were a part of the government's plan of action to implement the new criminal laws, which were passed by Parliament in late 2023...
For instance, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, which will replace the Code of Criminal Procedure, mandates the presence of a forensics expert during the investigation of a crime scene in all offences punishable by imprisonment of seven years or more..
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