FINANCIAL ALLOCATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT
BUILDING
LOK SABHA
The Code of Civil
Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1999, and the Code of Civil Procedure
(Amendment) Act, 2002 have been brought into effect as per the
Government notification since July 1, 2002. The two Amendment
Acts in Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 provide, inter-alia, fixing
time frame for submission of written statement, early examination
of witness by Commission, restriction of number of adjournments
to three to a party to a suit and delivery of judgement within
60 days after the hearing is over. As many laws adopt the procedure
prescribed under the Civil Procedure Code, amendments to the Code
will have a much wider salutary effect on reducing delays in courts.
Both the Government
and the judiciary are concerned with the quick disposal of pending
cases. Various steps have been taken by the Government for speeding
up the disposal of these cases. These include simplification of
rules and procedure on the basis of the advice and recommendations
of expert bodies like the Law Commission and the Malimath Committee
; Fast Track Courts are being set up for the expeditious disposal
of long pending sessions cases and cases involving undertrials
who have been in jails for a long time.
The various Bar
Associations had been consulted and their views of taken into
account before amendments, were made in the Civil Procedure Code.
The Chief Justices
of the High Courts were consulted through the Chief Justices Conference
held in 1997 with regard to original version of the Code of Civil
Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 1999, that is, Bill of 1997.
This information
was given by the Union Minister of Law and Justice Shri K. Jana
Krishnamurthi in a written reply to a question from Smt. Jayashree
Banerjee in the Lok Sabha today.
