A new system will evolve over the next five years in which justice will be delivered within three years from the time a first information report (FIR) is filed, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Sunday. He said the three new criminal laws—Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA)—will ensure the speedy delivery of justice, from the lodging of the FIR to the Supreme Court.
Shah was in Lucknow to be part of the distribution of appointment letters to 60,244 police constables. Congratulating the new appointees for becoming part of “country’s biggest police force”, he also praised administration under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
“In Niyuktiyon mein Na kharchi, na parchi, na shifarish, na hi jati ke adhar par koi bhed bhav hua (in these appointments, there was no discrimination based on expenditure, use of any slip [cheating], recommendation of caste. Instead, the entire process of transparent and completely based on merit),” Shah said.
Shah claimed that the state has become “danga mukta (riot-free)” during the Yogi Adityanath regime. He emphasised that, unlike in the past, goons no longer control law and order since the BJP government, led by Adityanath, came to power.
He also highlighted that among the 60,244 youth appointed to the UP Police, around 12,000 are women, which he said demonstrates the government’s success in implementing reservations for women in the police force.
Shah said technology played a significant role in ensuring a transparent selection process, claiming that none of the 60,244 candidates had to pay a single bribe for their selection—an achievement he described as the most significant for any administration. He said not only was the process transparent, but it also ensured representation from every section and region.
Maintaining that Naxalism, which was prevalent in 11 states, is limited to just three states now, Shah said by March 31, 2026, the entire country will be free of it.
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He told the new appointees that they are joining the UP Police during ‘Amrit Kal’ and will thus be able to witness India’s transformation into a world leader. He also instructed them that goons and mafias should primarily experience the fear of the UP Police, while for the poor, backward classes, and Scheduled Tribes, the police should be viewed as “masiah (saviour)”.
