The Winter Session
of Parliament 2002 witnessed highest number of Bills passed. Accordingly,
a record number of 42 Bills were passed and of the Bills introduced
during the Session, five Bills remained pending.
Of the Bills passed,
the Constitution (Ninety-third Amendment) Bill, 2002, renumbered
as the Constitution (86th Amendment) Act, 2002 which
makes education as a Fundamental Right for Children between 6
and 14 years, tops the list. The other Bills are : the Wild Life
(Protection) Amendment Bill, 2002, the Securities and Exchange
Board of India (Amendment) Bill, 2002, the Unit Trust of India
(Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Bill, 2002, the Countess
of Dufferin’s Fund Act (Repeal) Bill, 2002, the Mysore State Legislature
(Delegation of Powers) Repeal Bill, 2002, the Representation of
the People (Amendment) Bill, 2002, the Representation of People
(Second Amendment) Bill, 2002, the Transfer of Property (Amendment)
Bill, 2002, the Indian Evidence (Amendment) Bill, 2002, the Delhi
Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Bill, 2002, (Ordinance
Replacement), the Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament
and Leaders of Opposition in Parliament (Second Amendment) Bill,
2002, the Homeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2002, the
Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2002, the Petroleum
(Berar Extension) Repeal Bill, 2002, the Prevention of Money Laundering
Bill, 2002, the Prevention of Food Adulteration (Extension to
Kohima and Mokokchung Districts) Repeal Bill, 2002, the Indian
Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2002, the Refugee Relief
Taxes (Abolition) Repeal Bill, 2002, the Securitisation and Reconstruction
of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Bill,
2002, the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment and Miscellaneous
Provision) Bill, 2002, the Biological Diversity Bill, 2002, the
Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2002, the
Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2002, the Offshore Areas
Mineral (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2002, the Constitution
Scheduled Castes Orders (Second Amendment) Bill, 2002, the Imperial
Library (Indentures Validation) Repeal Bill, 2002, the Suppression
of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed
Platforms of Continental Shelf Bill, 2002, the North-Eastern Council
(Amendment) Bill, 2002, the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and
Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2002, the High Court Judges
(Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2002, the
Appropriation (Railways) No. 5 Bill, 2002, the Merchant Shipping
(Amendment) Bill, 2002, the Representation of the People (Third
Amendment) Bill, 2002, the Freedom of Information Bill, 2002,
the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2002, the Companies (Second Amendment)
Bill, 2002, the Appropriation (No. 6) Bill, 2002, the Control
of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Bill, 2002, the Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Bill, 2002, the
Competition Bill, 2002, and the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques
(Regulation and Prevention of Misuse Amendment Bill, 2002.
The Bills that were
introduced and remained pending are : the Actuaries Bill, 2002
(Introduced and Pending in Lok Sabha), the Constitution (Ninety-fourth
Amendment) Bill, 2002 (Introduced and Pending in Lok Sabha), the
Industrial Development Bank (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal)
Bill, 2002 (Introduced and Pending in Lok Sabha), the Special
Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, 2002 (Introduced and Pending
in Lok Sabha) and the Emigration (Amendment) Bill, 2002 (Introduced
and Pending in Lok Sabha).
