The government was working to draft laws not only in sound legal terminology but also in popular language that makes it easy for citizens to understand the law, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. He also urged State governments to repeal “obsolete and archaic laws”.
Addressing the inaugural session of a joint conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts, he pointed out that nearly three-and-half lakh undertrials were in jails for petty offences, and appealed to the Chief Ministers and Chief Justices to give priority to such cases so that such prisoners could be released on bail. “I would appeal to all of them to give priority to these matters on the basis of humanitarian sensibility and the law.”
The Prime Minister talked about the need to use local languages in courts, stressed on moving towards digital delivery of justice systems, importance of mediation and reiterated his government’s effort to improve judicial infrastructure and judicial strength.
Apart from Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana, Supreme Court judges, Chief Justices of High Courts and Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, several Chief Ministers attended the meet.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal, Chhattisgarh’s Bhupesh Baghel, Jharkhand’s Hemant Soren, Assam’s Himanta Biswa Sarma and Punjab’s Bhagwant Mann were among those who participated in the conference.
Appealing to the State governments to repeal archaic laws, Mr. Modi observed, “In 2015, we identified about 1,800 laws which had become irrelevant/obsolete. Out of these, 1,450 such laws of the Centre were abolished. But only 75 such laws have been abolished by the States”.
The Prime Minister said 75 years of Independence have continuously clarified the roles and responsibilities of both the judiciary and the executive, and wherever ..
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