Panaji, March 3 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to review the implementation of the New Criminal Laws in Goa on Monday evening. The review meeting is to be held in the presence of the Goa Chief Minister, Pramod Sawant.

Earlier on February 18, the Union Home Minister emphasized urgent necessity of enforcing "trial in absentia" provisions as well as full implementation of new criminal laws in Jammu and Kashmir by April 2025 during a meeting with the Union Territory's Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.

During the meeting, Shah asked the UT administration for optimum use of technology to ensure speedy justice under the three new criminal laws-- the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023; Bharatiya Nagarik...