NATIONAL FORENSIC SCIENCES UNIVERSITY BILL 2020

Sept. 23, 2020

Parliament has passed the National Forensic Sciences University Bill 2020 with the Rajya Sabha clearing it. The Lok Sabha has already approved the Bill.

About:

  • The Bill is to establish the Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar and the Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Sciences, New Delhi, as a National Forensic Sciences University, Gujarat.

  • The Bill declares the University to be an Institution Of National Importance.

  • This university will work for the capacity building in the field of forensic science and promote research.

  • Criminal justice plays an important role in the justice delivery system, hence, the establishment of this University will promote research in the field of forensic science.