The
Committee, headed by the Chairman, Law Commission of India, Shri
Justice M. Jagannadha Rao, constituted by the Supreme Court of
India on Case Management Formula and Alternative Disputes Resolution
(ADR) and Mediation Rules following its judgement on the recent
amendments in the Civil Procedure Code, has prepared two Consultation
papers on Case Management and ADR and Mediation Rules.
The two Consultation
Papers have been sent by e-mails to all the Chief Justices of
High Courts seeking their views, with a request to circulate the
papers to all the subordinate courts which could also send their
responses. The Committee has also sent the two Consultation Papers
to the Bar Council of India with a request to circulate them to
the State Bar Councils which would circulate them again to all
Bar Associations in the State and to the High Court Bar Associations.
The Committee has requested
their response be sent to the Chairman at 1 Janpath, New Delhi
or by e-mail at vnathan@nic.in
within four weeks.
The two Consultation
Papers have also been placed on the Law Commission’s website at
lawcommissionofindia@nic.in
.
Following the Supreme
Court of India judgement in Salem Bar Association Vs Union of
India on October 28, 2002, the apex court having upheld the constitutional
and legal validity of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment)
Act, 1999 and the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act,
2002, which have since been implemented with effect from July
1, 2002, the apex court appointed Justice M.J.Rao Committee. The
Committee is expected to suggest case management formula to assuage
the Bar and ease out the problems faced by the litigants in contesting
civil suits.
