IPC to Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023: 'Subversive activities’ replaces ‘sedition’ | Key changes Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced three bills in Lok Sabha to replace British-era laws and overhaul the criminal justice system in India. One of the bills aims to repeal the offence of sedition completely. The sedition law, drafted in 1837, has been criticized for being a colonial legacy.