French criminal law
India overhauls colonial-era laws with new criminal codes
India on Monday implemented an overhaul of colonial-era criminal laws, praised as a "watershed" movement by the top judge but which critics said could worsen an already glacially slow pace of justice.
Amit Shah, the interior minister, said the codes would help India "become the world's most modern justice delivery system."
Apostolos Lytras: His weapons are now taken away, he is asked to move out and receive psychological support
The well-known criminal lawyer must not go near his wife, while his gun license will be taken away from him - The chronicle of the case