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New Delhi, April 21, 2025: Union Home Minister Amit Shah today directed Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai to take review meeting every month of the implementation of the three new criminal laws in the state.
Union Home Minister Shah today held a review meeting in New Delhi with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai to assess the implementation of three new criminal laws in the state.
In the review meeting the Union Home Minister directed the state Chief Secretary and Director General of Police should conduct weekly reviews, the State Home Minister should review the progress every 15 days, and the Chief Minister should assess the implementation on a monthly basis.
The discussion focused on the progress and current status of key provisions concerning police, prisons, courts, prosecution, and forensic services.
The meeting was attended by the Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma, Union Home Secretary, Chief Secretary Amitabh Jain, Director General of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), Director General of Police of Chhattisgarh Arun Dev Gautam, Director of the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), along with other senior officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Government of Chhattisgarh.
In his address, Home Minister Shah emphasized the importance of making the full implementation of the three new criminal laws, enacted under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a top priority in Chhattisgarh.
The primary objective of these laws is to strengthen and modernize the Indian judicial system, and that a state like Chhattisgarh stands to benefit significantly from these reforms, he said.
Chhattisgarh should take the complete implementation of the three new criminal laws as a challenge and become an ideal state by implementing them soon, Shah said.
Chhattisgarh government should ensure accountability by assigning the responsibility to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) level officers for filing charge sheets within 60 and within 90 days for serious crimes, the Home Minister said.
Under the new criminal laws, the entire process, from recording evidence to conducting trials, can be carried out through video conferencing, significantly reducing the need for manpower and streamlining judicial, he said.
The Home Minister emphasized that all police stations and DSP-level officers in Chhattisgarh should regularly use the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) in serious crime investigations.
He also recommended a structured review mechanism for the implementation of the new criminal laws in the state
