Expedite major law reform in India
The Issue
What is this:
India maintains a common law legal system inherited from the colonial era and various legislation first introduced by the British are still in effect in modified forms today. As of May 2010, there were about 1,221 laws. However, since there are Central laws as well as State laws, it is difficult to ascertain their exact numbers as on a given date.
Even Indian personal law is fairly complex, with each religion adhering to its own specific laws. In most states, registering of marriages and divorces is not compulsory. Separate laws govern Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and followers of other religions. The exception to this rule is in the state of Goa, where a uniform civil code is in place, in which all religions have a common law regarding marriages, divorces, and adoption.
To-Do:
- Identify and remove obsolete act & law
- Identify and simplify complex act & law
- Identify and merge different law into possible single act & law
- Uniform Law System for whether be Central or State without regard of Religion, Caste, Gender or Language.
All this should be in transparent and fast-track.
Ongoing:
According to outlookindia story of 27th August 2014, Prime Minister has set up a committee to identify "obsolete" laws which he believes hamper governance by creating "avoidable confusion". The committee will submit its report in three months and on the basis of its recommendations a bill will be introduced in Parliament in the winter session. The Committee will be chaired by R. Ramanujam, Secretary in the PMO. V.K. Bhasin, former Secretary, Legislative Department, will be its other member.
According to thehindu story of 7th December 2015, The government is striving to introduce five more labour reform legislations in the winter session of Parliament, including the bills to introduce a new wage and industrial relations code and amend laws governing child labour and bonus payments. These are in addition to the amendments to the Factories Act of 1948 that the government had listed for introduction in the Lok Sabha last week, but eventually wasn’t tabled. The only new bill to be introduced in Parliament’s lower house so far in this session is the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2015.
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The Issue
What is this:
India maintains a common law legal system inherited from the colonial era and various legislation first introduced by the British are still in effect in modified forms today. As of May 2010, there were about 1,221 laws. However, since there are Central laws as well as State laws, it is difficult to ascertain their exact numbers as on a given date.
Even Indian personal law is fairly complex, with each religion adhering to its own specific laws. In most states, registering of marriages and divorces is not compulsory. Separate laws govern Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and followers of other religions. The exception to this rule is in the state of Goa, where a uniform civil code is in place, in which all religions have a common law regarding marriages, divorces, and adoption.
To-Do:
- Identify and remove obsolete act & law
- Identify and simplify complex act & law
- Identify and merge different law into possible single act & law
- Uniform Law System for whether be Central or State without regard of Religion, Caste, Gender or Language.
All this should be in transparent and fast-track.
Ongoing:
According to outlookindia story of 27th August 2014, Prime Minister has set up a committee to identify "obsolete" laws which he believes hamper governance by creating "avoidable confusion". The committee will submit its report in three months and on the basis of its recommendations a bill will be introduced in Parliament in the winter session. The Committee will be chaired by R. Ramanujam, Secretary in the PMO. V.K. Bhasin, former Secretary, Legislative Department, will be its other member.
According to thehindu story of 7th December 2015, The government is striving to introduce five more labour reform legislations in the winter session of Parliament, including the bills to introduce a new wage and industrial relations code and amend laws governing child labour and bonus payments. These are in addition to the amendments to the Factories Act of 1948 that the government had listed for introduction in the Lok Sabha last week, but eventually wasn’t tabled. The only new bill to be introduced in Parliament’s lower house so far in this session is the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2015.
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Petition created on 30 June 2016