SHRI ARUN JAITLEY RELEASES LAW BOOKS
Minister for Law
& Justice and Commerce & Industry, Shri Arun Jaitley,
today released four publications brought out by the Legislative
Department of the Ministry of Law & Justice. Releasing the
publications, Shri Jaitley complimented the Legislative Department
and said that these publications would prove highly useful to
the judges, lawyers and legal community at large. Earlier, Dr.
S. C. Jain, Secretary, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law
& Justice gave a brief background of each of the publications.
The Minister of State, Shri P. C. Thomas, and senior officers
of the Ministry of Law & Justice were present on the occasion.
The publications released include "English-Hindi/Hindi-English
Legal Glossary", "Orders Issued Under the Constitution
of India" in two volumes, "Index of Statutory Definitions"
and " The Constitution of India". The Legislative Department
prepares all Government Bills and also brings out publications
of the Constitution of India, Central Acts and other allied publications.
The diglot edition
of the Constitution of India (Pocket Size) is widely used by lawyers,
judges, civil servants and others. Publications released by Shri
Jaitley included the revised edition of the Constitution of India
which contains all the Constitutional amendments upto the Constitution
(Eighty-Sixth Amendment) Act, 2002.
Another publication,
namely, "Orders issued under the Constitution of India"
was first published in 1955. The last edition of this publication
was brought out in 1988. Part I contains, inter alia, the Constitution
(Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Orders, the Distribution of
Revenue Orders and the Constitution (Removal of Difficulties)
Orders, etc. Part II consists of the Adaptation of Orders issued
under the Constitution and the Acts relating to territorial adjustments
and formation of new States.
"Index to Statutory
Definitions" was last published in 1981. Since the last edition,
340 legislations have been enacted. The new compilation includes
words and expressions which are defined in the Central Acts and
ordinances whether repealed or unrepealed.
Part I of the "Legal
Glossary" (Sixth Edition ) contains Hindi equivalent of English
words which are used in the Central enactments. Part II contains
Hindi equivalent of Latin phrases often used in legislation. The
terms relating to customs and excise and their Hindi equivalents
find place in Part VI of this publication. A list of Central Acts
arranged alphabetically has also been included in Part VIII.
