{"id":243764,"date":"2023-05-23T21:58:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T16:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=243764"},"modified":"2023-05-23T21:58:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T16:28:19","slug":"a-wishlist-for-new-law-minister-on-legal-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-wishlist-for-new-law-minister-on-legal-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"A wishlist for new Law Minister \u2013 On Legal Reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source-<\/strong> The post is based on the article \u201cA wishlist for new Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal\u201d<\/strong> published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d<\/strong> on 23rd May 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- Polity \u2013 Criminal Justice System<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>– Recently Arjun Ram Meghwal was appointed as new law minister.<\/p>\n

What are the reforms expected from the Law Ministery?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The task of the Law Minister involves a reasonable knowledge<\/strong> of the working of courts, parliamentary affairs, and government counsel<\/strong>. It requires astute diplomacy<\/strong> in dealing with judges and political demands.<\/p>\n

There is a need to reduce litigation<\/strong> by the government so that the burden on the judiciary would be reduced.<\/p>\n

There is an alarming proportion of cases<\/strong> with the government as a party in recent years. It needs to be reduced, particularly in the arena of service law where larger questions of law do not arise.<\/p>\n

India should consider adopting some version of the Crown Prosecution Service of the UK<\/strong>. It allows for independent assessment<\/strong> of whether a case should lead to an indictment and trial. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Criminal justice system does not objectively decide<\/strong> whether material exists to oppose bail or frame charges. It is now standard format <\/strong>to treat the accused or the undertrial as a mortal enemy who must be stopped at all costs. This philosophy must be checked.<\/p>\n

Another useful measure would be to encourage and enhance mediation and plea bargaining<\/strong>. To achieve this, the National Litigation Policy of 2010<\/strong> needs to be updated and made mandatory.<\/p>\n

He should engage with the technological initiatives<\/strong> of our Chief Justice and offer the encouragement of his ministry. He should attempt some reform in this respect.<\/p>\n

There is a lack of a proper regulatory body<\/strong> for lawyers. The Bar Council of India<\/strong> now comprises a group of individuals who have exceeded their elected terms. They devote little time to regulate and reform.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A few lawyers charge exorbitant fees<\/strong>. They are unchecked by law<\/strong>. In addition, lawyers lack social security. <\/strong>The Covid years heavily impacted the lawyers. The Ministry of Law should overhaul the profession<\/strong> to serve the people in a more meaningful manner.<\/p>\n

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Source- The post is based on the article \u201cA wishlist for new Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d on 23rd May 2023. Syllabus: GS2- Polity \u2013 Criminal Justice System News– Recently Arjun Ram Meghwal was appointed as new law minister. What are the reforms expected from the Law Ministery? The task… Continue reading A wishlist for new Law Minister \u2013 On Legal Reforms<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-243764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700799793,"cached_date":1704953127},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}