Uttarakand e-law code-2017 has been jointly released by Governor Krishan Kant Paul and Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat at the Raj Bhawan auditorium on Sunday.
In this code there are 306 laws of the antecedent State till November 8, 2000, amendments and new bills from November 9,.2000 to May 7, 2017 .There are a total of 651 bills in it.
Dr Paul appreciated that the due to the constant efforts of the legislative and parliamentary affairs department , the law code had been put in an E format.
This was an important step in the protection of the rights of the people of the state. The governor said that this effort of the legislative department minister Prakash Pant and the department’s officials was appreciable.
The Governor said that the E-law Code could reach people in the remote areas through good internet connectivity .This must be ensured.He said that to make each citizen of Uttarakhand aware ,the law code should be available to them .The government would have to strengthen and expand internet facilities in the entire state.
He said that the code should be published as a book and be available in district headquarters and administrative offices. CM Rawat said that the code would be printed through the government and would be made available to people. It should also be placed on the website of the legal department .
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prakash Pant , Mussoorie MlA Ganesh Joshi ,MlA Magan lal Shah , Ram Singh (member of Nyayik lok Sewa, Alok Verma, additional legal advisor Mahesh Kaushirva ,joint legal advisor Ritesh Srivastava were present.