India to Overhaul Criminal Justice System with New Laws from July 1

The new legislation aims to modernize the system, emphasizing technology and forensic science, and introduces significant reforms.

India to implement three new criminal laws from July 1, replacing colonial-era legislations.
The new laws emphasize Indianness, use of technology, and forensic science in the criminal justice system.
Major reforms include the introduction of community service for minor thefts and the inclusion of transgenders in the definition of gender.
New offences such as mob lynching and rape of minors will carry the death penalty; adultery, homosexual sex, and suicide attempts decriminalized.
Sedition law repealed, replaced with provisions criminalizing acts that endanger India's sovereignty, unity, and integrity.