Union Minister of law and Justice, DV Sadananda Gowda on Friday said a comprehensive Bill to repeal more than 700 Acts will be introduced in Parliament soon. “This is part of cleaning of our statute book which is necessary for good governance. Repeal of outdated and other laws which have lost their utility is an exercise which the present Government is committed to do,” he said at the inauguration of the National seminar on ‘law and Good Governance’ organised by law Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
The Minister said ‘Good Governance’ is not new and existed during earlier period also. Quoting Rig Veda, he said improved governance requires an integrated, long term strategy built upon cooperation between the Government and citizens. He urged the organisers of the seminar to send him the inputs and outcome of the discussion of the seminar so that he may suggest his Government with some innovative ideas for better governance which would affect the last man in the country.
Gowda emphasised that only a stable Government could provide good governance and after about 30 long years, there is a Government which is in majority and is stable. The Minister said that to accelerate the economic growth and development, we need to have a judicial system which ensures speedy disposal of disputes including arbitration in commercial cases. "The present Government is committed in making arbitration as prefered mode for settlement of commercial disputes by making it more user friendly, cost effective and expeditious mechanism for disposal of cases," he added.
He said the present Government is considering fast implementation of the recommendations of the law Commission within the Constitutional Scheme and framework. Speaking on E-governance, he said it was one of the key components of good governance and the national e-governance programme has been launched for at improving delivery of Government services to citizens and businesses.
He said the present Government wants to make all Government services accessible to the common man in his locality, through common service delivery outlets and ensure efficiency, transparency and reliability of such services at affordable costs to realise the basic needs of the common man. Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University Arun Kumar Grover, former Member of Parliament from Chandigarh Satya Pal Jain and senior faculty members of law Department also spoke on the occasion.