From FIR to Supreme Court, cases will be completed in 3 years under new criminal laws: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses the ‘Gopalak Sammelan’ at BHEL Dussehra Ground in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on October 3, 2026. | Photo credit: PTI

Union Minister Amit Shah said in Bhopal on Saturday (Oct 3, 2026) that criminal cases in the country will be completed within three years, even if they go all the way to the Supreme Court once the new criminal laws are fully implemented.

Mr. Shah, who is also the Minister for Cooperation, was speaking at the ‘Gaupalak Sammelan’ cattle breeders’ conference in the Madhya Pradesh capital. Along with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, he also inaugurated a state-level exhibition on new penal codes at the BHEL Dussehra grounds in Bhopal.

“Our justice system was once known for its mockery of ‘tareekh pe tareekh (date after date)”. Once the laws are fully implemented in one to one-and-a-half years, whatever FIR (first information report) you file, the culprit will be punished within three years, up to the Supreme Court,” he said, adding that the old codes were created by the British to protect their rule.

“New laws have now been made to protect the honour, property and body of the Indian public. Their mool mantra (fundamental principle) is justice. Once fully implemented, our criminal justice system will become the most modern system in the world. We have integrated various modern scientific technologies into it like digital evidence, e-summons, online hearing, video conferencing and various provisions related to FSL (FSL),” the Union Science Minister said.

“There are measures for the safety of women, (finding) missing children and protection from terrorism and their lynching,” Shah added.

Three new penal codes — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) — came into force in the country on 1 July 2024. They replaced the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860; Criminal Code (CpPC), 1973; and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872; respectively.

₹255 crore milk processing plant

Mr. Shah practically laid the foundation of a ₹255 crore milk processing plant with a capacity to process 3 million liters per day in Ujjain. He also inaugurated a milk processing plant and research laboratory at Bhopal and a mini pharmacy at Shivpuri.

He said the infrastructure will help increase income for cattle farmers.

“Mohan (Yadav) ji just told me that gaupalaks are used by middlemen and they get ₹35/litre only if they sell milk in the open market. If you give milk under cooperative system, you start getting ₹55/litre from day one,” he said.

Mr. Shah also hit out at the Congress, accusing it of not allowing a separate cooperative ministry during its rule.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a new direction to the cooperative sector by setting up a separate ministry for cooperation,” he said.

“During the Congress government, milk production in the country reached 14.6 million tonnes, while it has gone up to 25 million tonnes in the last 10 years under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is because of the hard work of the central and state BJP governments,” he said.

Mr. Shah said that India is the largest producer of milk in the world and that the per capita availability of milk in the country has increased from 307 grams per day in 2013-14 to 485 grams per day.

Published – 03 Oct 2026 16:37 IST