A review meeting on the implementation of the three new criminal laws, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, was convened at Nubra in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
The meeting was geld under the the chairmanship of Dr Anju Rathi Rana, Secretary Law, Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India.
The primary objective of the meeting was to review the preparedness of local enforcement and administrative agencies with respect to the enforcement and procedural adaptation of the newly enacted criminal laws, which replaced the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and Indian Evidence Act, respectively.
The meeting was attended by several notable officials including Shri Shashi Kant Bhagat, (A) Secretary Department of Law and Justice, UT of Ladakh, Mukul Beniwal (IAS) Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Nubra, Station House Officer (SHO), Nubra, two Law Officers from the Department of Law and Justice, and Naib Tehsildars of Nubra Sub-Division.