"criminal-laws"

The cadets included engineering graduates, postgraduates, graduates and those with intermediate qualification

Also appeals the government to withdraw its plans to construct new High Court building on the Agriculture University land

As far as the new laws introduced by the Centre, we are completely examining and analysing, says the Minister in Assembly

The three new criminal laws have been updated with modern provisions to align with current times and technologies.

The move will bring widespread changes in India's criminal justice system and ending colonial-era laws

Fresh plea, filed through advocate Sanjeev Malhotra, seeks directions to immediately constitute an expert committee to assess, identify the viability of the laws

Notification drafts are ready, and they will be notified in the next couple of days, says official

Despite the prevalence of honour killings, there is no national legislation that specifically addresses the matter

West Bengal Chief Minister expresses "grave concern" over the impending implementation of the three laws

The SP said the new laws which would come into force from July 1 would replace the earlier criminal laws, the Indian Penal Code 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

"I can tell you with confidence that after three years, our criminal justice system will be the most modern criminal justice system in the world," he said.

On October 27, the standing committee on Home could not adopt the three draft reports as some opposition members pressed for more time to study it.

Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala claimed that without any prior intimation or public consultation or inviting suggestions from legal experts, jurists, criminologists and other stakeholders, the Modi government introduced the three bills from its "black magic hat" on August 11.