Law Reforms  

The new criminal codes, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, have become effective from today onwards. The new laws were created to replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act, and the Code of Criminal Procedure to provide speedy and fair justice to new types of crimes.

On the lines of the Anti-Superstition and Black Magic Bill, passed by Maharashtra and Karnataka, the state-run Kerala Law Reforms Commission has drafted the bill to fight superstition and eradicate "inhuman evil" practices propagated in the name of black magic.
 

The march on Monday to protest the government’s attempt at reforming extradition laws, which would result in suspects being sent to China to face trial, was disrupted when a group of combative protesters attempted to break into the Hong Kong legislature