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1,700 obsolete laws to be repealed, says PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said the government has
identified around 1,700 obselete and is woring towards their repeal.
Pointing
out that the world is looking at India with great hopes, he said one of
the reasons for this was the global investor community trusts the
independence of the country's judicial system.
"At times laws are
not drafted well and therefore lead to multiple interpretations. Bar
associations can play a significant role in drafting good laws with
minimum grey areas," Modi observed in his address at the valedictory
function of the sesquicentenial celebrations of the Advocates
Association of Western India, where he lauded the "great contribution"
of all those associated with the country's legal system.
He
lauded the founders of AAWI - which had members like Mahatma Gandhi and
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - who created the bar to pursue excellence in
the legal profession.
Modi pointed out that the country's freedom
struggle was led by people from the fields of law and education and
urged the AAWI to think about how it would go forward after its 150
years.
For this, he said that along with administering speedy
justice, "quality justice" was also the need of hour and this depended a
lot on advocates arguing the cases.
The advocates needed to
specialize, particularly in emerging areas of litigation like
international laws and cyber crimes, and a compulsory acquaintance with
forensic sciences, he said.
Earlier, Modi inaugurated a Permanent
Judicial Museum at the Bombay High Court, set up as part of its
sesquicentennial celebrations, portraying the court's rich legal legacy
and heritage.
Present at AAWI valedictory function were Governor
C. V. Rao, Union Law Minister D. V. Sadananda Gowda, Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis and other luminaries.
Founded in 1864, the AAWI
is one of the oldest assocaiton of legal practioners having had members
like Gandhi, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Sardar Patel, K.M.
Munshi, and M. C. Chagla - who became the first chief justice of Bombay
High Court, ambassador to US and union education minister.