Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Sunday drew a sharp contrast between colonial-era governance and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for modern India, asserting that the newly enacted Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita aims to deliver justice, unlike the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which he said was designed to punish Indians.

Speaking at the Delhi Assembly during the launch of the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA), Meghwal declared that Delhi has become one of the first regions to fully implement the new criminal laws. “The Britishers brought the Indian Penal Code to punish Indians. Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita to give justice to Indians,” Meghwal said, describing the move as a major milestone in India’s legal history.

The NeVA initiative, a flagship project by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, is aimed at making Indian legislatures paperless and digitally efficient. Meghwal noted that despite previous discussions, past governments failed to implement the application. “I don’t know what the previous government thought, but it was not implemented,” he said.

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Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta also took the opportunity to announce that her government would introduce a bill in the upcoming Assembly session to regulate school fee hikes, claiming the earlier administration failed to act on the issue.

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