INTRODUCTION OF JOURNAL

ABOUT APPLICATION FOR ISSN REQUEST FOR JOURNAL “LAW MIRROR”

Our Institute will be publishing a yearly legal journal named “LAW MIRROR” In order to bring legal observations and happenings in the knowledge of general public. It will also serve the purpose of keeping all legal scholars updated about the legal issues and changes happened in recent past.

For this purpose, the institute has applied for ISSN registration number at National centre for ISSN, India (ISSN National Centre - India, National Science Library, CSIR-NIScPR). Also, institute constituted an editorial board consisting of various experienced members having knowledge of law.

Our first edition will be published this year (2024-25) with the theme of National Seminar on New Criminal Laws of India, 2023 which will be conducted at our Institute on 20th and 21st July, 2024

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EDITORIAL

Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, vide Notifications dated February 23, 2024, notified on July 1, 2024 as the date on which the provisions of new criminal laws viz. Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 shall come into force.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 repeals the colonial era law that remained India’s principal substantive criminal legislation for more than one and a half centuries- the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 repeals nearly five decades old procedural law holding the criminal justice system- the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 repeals the law on evidence almost as old as the Indian Penal Code- the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

These new laws bring in a variety of reforms in the criminal justice system of India, for example: ‘Terrorist Act’ being defined as a separate offence and ‘mob lynching’ been made a separate offence, the concept of ‘rajdroh’ being replaced by ‘deshdroh’, forensic evidence collection being made compulsory during investigation for strengthening prosecution, allowing proceedings to be conducted in electronic mode, ‘community service’ as a punishment for minor offences, etc.

With the effective date of these new laws being notified and considering the need for the entire legal fraternity (especially, the students working as law interns, advocates, law professors, legal officers, police and judicial officers) to know these new laws in depth so that their proper implementation can be ensured, this Symposium brings together domain experts and professionals in this area from across the country to discuss and share knowledge on these soon-to-be implemented legislations. The National Seminar also provides a unique opportunity to present research papers on various aspects touching upon these three important criminal laws. The National Seminar provides a platform for:

• Sharing of a plethora of perspectives and ideas on the new criminal law reform legislations;
• Coming together of judicial officers, field experts, advocates, people from the academia, police officers, other law enforcement officials, NGO workers working in the field of victim justice and students who want to critically examine and understand the nuances of these newly-introduced legislations;
• Promoting research in the field; and
• Analysing the preparedness at every level of the criminal justice machinery for the effective implementation of the new laws.

List of Editorial Board Members of Law Mirror Journal

1. Chief Editor – Dr. Anuradha Tiwari (Principal, Dr. K.N.K Law College Ratlam Secretary )
   Email Id.- knklawcollege@knklawrtm.com
   Contact No.- 9406636196
2. Dr. Sanjay Wate (Ret. Principal, Govt. Arts and Science College, Ratlam)
   Secretary, Ratlam Educational Society Member
   Email Id.- drsanjaywate@knklawrtm.com
   Contact No.- 9893755677
3. Shri Kailash Vyas (Ret. Deputy Director Officer of Prosecution, Ratlam)
   Member, Ratlam Educational Society
   Email Id.- kailashvyas@knklawrtm.com
   Contact No.- 9425187102
4. Dr. Murlidhar Chandniwala (Ret. Govt. Education officer, Ratlam)
   Member, Ratlam Educational Society
   Email Id.- dr.murlidhar@knklawrtm.com
   Contact No.- 9424869460
5. Dr. Jitendra Sharma (Assistant Professor in Law, Dr. K.N.K Law College Ratlam)
   Email Id.- dr.jitendra@knklawrtm.com
   Contact No.- 098272 50372
6. Dr. Sona Nagar (Assistant Professor in Law, Dr. K.N.K Law College Ratlam)
   Email Id.- drsona@knklawrtm.com
   Contact No.- 076970 37887

Address

– DR. KAILASNATH KATJU LAW COLLEGE, (MANAGED BY RATLAM EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY RATLAM (MP) 11, Anand Colony, Ratlam (M.P.) 457001

ABOUT THE JOURNAL

“LAW MIRROR” is a yearly legal journal which will bring legal observations and happenings in the knowledge of general public. It will also serve the purpose of keeping all legal scholars updated about the legal issues and changes happened in recent past.

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