Lok Sabha passes Bill to overhaul digital banking framework amid Opposition protests
Amid continuing protests by Opposition members, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill to make digital and virtual records admissible as evidence in courts
Amid continuing protests by Opposition members, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill to make digital and virtual records admissible as evidence in courts. The House was later adjourned for the day after the legislation was cleared by a voice vote without a debate. The Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 2026, will repeal or replace the Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1891. The bill was taken up after the House reassembled at 2 pm following an earlier adjournment, but Opposition members continued sloganeering and did not heed the Chair's pleas to discuss it.
Read Full Story As disruptions continued, the bill was put to vote and passed by voice vote. Responding to the sloganeering, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said that though Congress leader KC Venugopal "is a good person", he has not been able to control his party MPs. Rijiju also accused the Congress, communist party and the Samajwadi Party of being against Lord Ram and demanded that they apologise to the nation. The Opposition has been seeking a response from the government over police action against students protesting at Jantar Mantar here and in other parts of the country over the NEET paper leak, and has also been protesting over the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
Earlier in the day, when the House met in the morning, Speaker Om Birla said protesting members had not been allowing Question Hour to function since the Monsoon Session began on July 20. He said raising slogans inside or outside the House "is not good for democracy". As the protests continued, Birla adjourned the House till 2 pm. In the end, amid repeated disruptions through the day, the Lok Sabha passed the bill without a debate as protests by the Opposition continued in the House.
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