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Bill allows appeal to double bench of HC
JUDICIAL PROCESS in the State is all set to become easier and faster, particularly for those litigants wanting to appeal against the ruling of single-member bench of High Court, with the State Assembly today passing the MP High Court (appeal to double bench) Bill, 2005.
JUDICIAL PROCESS in the State is all set to become easier and faster, particularly for those litigants wanting to appeal against the ruling of single-member bench of High Court, with the State Assembly today passing the MP High Court (appeal to double bench) Bill, 2005.
With the passage of this bill, the litigants would now be able to appeal to a double bench of the High Court against any ruling by the single-member bench. As of now, the litigants have to approach the Supreme Court with appeal against any ruling by single-member bench, as there is no provision for further appeal at the High Court level.
Introducing the bill, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Narottam Mishra said that due to the lack of this provision, a lot of time and money of the common litigants was wasted. Also, the State Government itself faced a number of problems due to each matter being taken to Supreme Court.
The bill came up for discussion in the House today and received all-round support from both the ruling and Opposition benches. Members Sajjan Singh Verma, Durgalal Vijay, I M P Verma and Om Prakash Purohit participated in the discussion.
Verma took objection to a terminology `aam muqaddamebaz’ (as translated from common litigant) saying that the term seemed humiliating. He also expressed hope that a future amendment would see provision of appeal before multiple member bench.
MP Repeal Act 2005 passed: The MP Repeal Bill 2005 was also passed in the State Assembly today without much of discussion. The bill seeks to repeal all those Acts that have become redundant in present context and lists a total 15 of such Acts.
The bill was introduced by Dr Narottam Mishra who said that a number of Acts that are in vogue since several years and were of no use in the present context.
They included Acts like those of properties left behind by migrants to Pakistan during partition, Act on licence for cycle rickshaws, some Acts pertaining to the allowances for the officials of civic bodies and likewise.
Participating in discussion, Gobind Singh of Congress urged the government to set up a committee to look into more of such Acts that have become redundant so that they could also be repealed.
