A Comparative Analysis of Provisions Related to Offences Against Woman and Children Under The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 in the Context of The Indian Penal Code, 1860

There has been critical evaluation whether the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 has genuinely taken cognizance of contemporary socio legal affairs to keep up pace with the prevailing societal circumstances or not. In the light of this fact, this paper evaluates some major provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and tries to analyse comparatively both laws so as to ascertain whether the new panel code is in fact an innovation or not.