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The new criminal laws (BNS, BNSS, BSA) effective July 2024 face transitional challenges including:
- Only training of police personnel
- Training of 20+ lakh officials, updating digital infrastructure, handling pending cases under old laws, and public awareness
- Only changes in substantive criminal law
- Only procedural modifications
Answer: Training of 20+ lakh officials, updating digital infrastructure, handling pending cases under old laws, and public awareness
New criminal laws implementation challenges: (a) Capacity building: Training 20+ lakh police, prosecutors, judges on new provisions, procedures, definitions, (b) Infrastructure updates: (i) E-courts integration with new procedural requirements, (ii) Digital evidence handling under BSA, (iii) Zero FIR registration systems under BNSS, (c) Transitional issues: (i) Pending cases: Which law applies (old IPC/CrPC/Evidence Act or new BNS/BNSS/BSA)?, (ii) Investigation continuity: Cases registered under old law but trial under new law, (iii) Appeal procedures: Transition between old and new appellate mechanisms, (d) Public awareness: Citizens need to understand new rights, procedures, offences. Illustrates legal reform complexity: legislative change requires institutional capacity, infrastructure, and public understanding for effective implementation.