New Delhi: The Winter Session of Parliament concluded on Thursday. This session, which began on December 4, comprised 14 sittings spanning over 18 days.

Within this session, Lok Sabha passed 18 bills, while 17 bills got passed in Rajya Sabha. Three bills were withdrawn with the leave of Lok Sabha, and one bill was withdrawn with the leave of Rajya Sabha. The total number of bills passed by both houses during the session is 19.

Three significant bills aimed at reforming the criminal justice system to ensure victim-centric justice, namely the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023, were successfully passed by both Houses during the session.

Some of the other major Bills passed by both Houses during the Session are as under:

• ~ The Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2023 seeks to repeal the Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 and incorporate the provisions of Section 36 of the Legal Practitioners Act 1879 in the Advocates Act, 1961.
• ~ The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 seeks to change in nomenclature of ‘weak and under-privileged classes (social castes) to ‘Other Backward Classes’ in the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004.
• ~ The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 seeks to provide nomination of not more than two members, one of whom shall be a woman from the community of Kashmiri Migrants and one member from Displaced person from Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
• ~ The Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2023 provides for establishment of a Central Tribal University in Telangana.
• ~ The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2023 seeks to Repeal 76 redundant and obsolete laws.
• ~ The National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2023 seeks to extend the validity of the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act, 2011 for a further period of three years from 01.01.2024 to 31.12.2026 thereby providing protection from punitive action to certain forms of unauthorised Developments in Delhi.
• ~ The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023 seeks to regulate the appointment, conditions of service and term of office of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, the procedure for transaction of business by the Election Commission and for matters connected therewith.
• ~ The Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023 seeks to provide for press, registration of periodicals and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
• ~ The Telecommunications Bill, 2023 seeks to amend and consolidate the laws relating to development, expansion and operation of telecommunication services and telecommunication networks; assignment of spectrum; and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

The productivity of Lok Sabha was approximately 74%, and that of Rajya Sabha was approximately 79%.

Here is the full list of bills passed by both houses of Parliament:

The Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2023.

The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023.

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023

The Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2023

The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2023

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2023

The Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2023

The Post Office Bill, 2023

The Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2023

The Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2023

The National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2023

The Central Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Bill, 2023

The Provisional Collection of Taxes Bill, 2023

The Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

The Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

The Bhartiya Sakshya Bill, 2023

The Telecommunications Bill, 2023

The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023

The Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023

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