PANJIM: The Government of India is set to bring a bill to repeal 65 more obsolete laws and archaic laws in the coming Parliament session and 1,486 such laws have been removed from the statute book in the last eight years, Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju said here on Monday.
Addressing the 23rd Commonwealth Law Conference in Goa, the minister informed that more than 4.98 crore cases are pending in various courts in India and the pendency would be handled using technology, with a paperless judiciary being the ultimate aim of the government.
“The government has undertaken a big exercise to repeal 65 more obsolete laws and archaic laws. We are set to bring a bill in this regard,” Rijiju said at the 23rd Commonwealth Law Conference, which was inaugurated today by Governor of Goa, P S Sreedharan Pillai.
The five-day conference, which is being held from March 5-9, 2023, was also attended by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. The Conference has 500 delegates from 52 countries in attendance.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju also spoke about how the Government was prioritising the use of technology.
“Government has started eCourts phase III with an aim of making the Indian Judiciary completely paperless. On the Ease of Living and Ease of Doing Business front, about 13,000 compliance burdens have been simplified, while more than 1,200 processes have been digitised,” he said.
The Law Minister also spoke about the various steps taken for mitigating the hardship of the common people in justice dispensation such as Virtual Courts, E-seva kendras and Information Kiosks at High Courts.
The Union law Minister said that the government is committed towards promoting good governance by emphasising not only for ease of doing business but also ease of living.
“The concept of Rule of law has a big role in this regard,” he added.
Addressing the conference, the governor said the commonwealth countries must work for the protection of the environment.
“The theme of G20 ‘One World, One Family, One Future’ given at the Bali conference is based on the Bharatiya concept of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’. The original Bharatiyas proudly say that let noble thoughts come from everywhere and we are prepared to receive them,” he said after inaugurating the five-day conference.
The governor said a discussion was held in the constituent Assembly in 1949 on whether India should join Commonwealth countries or not.
“It was decided unanimously to join the Commonwealth countries. The bitterness between India and Britain due to the freedom struggle has now been replaced with friendship. Protecting the environment is also a mandate of Commonwealth countries,” he said.
