NEW DELHI, Jan. 8 -- "Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are," quoth Benjamin Franklin of note, unaware that I would use it today! The BJP, not the Parliament, mind you, since several MPs were missing (God alone knows why!), has swimmingly passed three criminal laws without a hurdle. Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) have already replaced the Indian Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code and the Indian Evidence Act. Legal pundits and activist brethren have designated them as "draconian" for lack of a better adjective, or should it be worse? The government is set to fully implement the new law books nationwide by...