Lok Sabha has passed the National Forensic Science University Bill 2020. The Bill establishes National Forensic Science University as an institute of national importance.
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The proposed university would facilitate and promote studies and research and help achieve excellence in the field of forensic science in conjunction with applied behavioural science studies, law, criminology and other allied areas.
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.
