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<p><strong>Breaking News Live: </strong>Hello and welcome to the live blog of ABP Live. Please follow this space for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world.</p> <h3><span style="color: #ba372a;"><strong>SC To Hear On Monday Plea Against New Criminal Laws Passed By Parliament</strong></span></h3> <p>The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a petition challenging the enactment of three new laws that seek to overhaul India's penal codes claiming that they suffer from many defects and discrepancies.A vacation bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal is likely to hear the matter.</p> <p>The Lok Sabha, on December 21 last year, passed three key legislations -- &nbsp;the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill. President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent to the bills on December 25.These new laws -- the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Act -- will replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Indian Evidence Act respectively.</p> <p>Seeking a stay on the operation of the three new laws, the PIL filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari has said they were enacted without any parliamentary debate as most of the opposition members were under suspension.The plea has sought directions from the court for the immediately constitution of an expert committee that will assess the viability of the three new criminal laws.</p> <p>The new criminal laws are far more draconian and establish a police state in reality and violate every provision of fundamental rights of the people of India</p> <h3><span style="color: #ba372a;"><strong>Heavy Rain Likely In Tamil Nadu Till May 20</strong></span></h3> <p>The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has predicted heavy rain in Tamil Nadu till May 20.Fifteen to 20 districts will receive heavy rain from May 16 to 18.The Nilgiris, ghat areas of Coimbatore, Salem, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Tirupattur, Dindigul, Namakkal, Karur, Tiruchy, Madurai, Sivaganga, Virudhunagar, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, Pudukkottai, Theni, Tenkasi, Tirunelveli and Kanniyakumari districts and Karaikal area will receive heavy rains till May 20.</p> <p>The weather department also forecast that in Chennai, the sky will be partly cloudy with the possibility of light rain.Maximum temperature will be 36-37 degree Celsius and the nighttime temperature will be around 28-29 degrees C for the next two days.Makkinampatti in Coimbatore received the highest rainfall of 8 cm followed by Pollachi and Thoothukudi port weather stations at 7 cm.</p> <p>Several other weather stations in Virudhunagar, Dindigul, Theni, Nilgiris, Kanniyakumari and Tiruppur received heavy to moderate rainfall.The maximum temperature in most parts of the state has remained below normal due to the ongoing wet spell which triggered heavy rain.</p>

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