Balotra (Rajasthan): Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal Friday said the government is looking to bring an insurance scheme for lawyers that would include medical, group and accidental insurance.
Meghwal made the announcements at the 17th National Conference of the Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad being organised in Rajasthan. The theme of the conference is 75 years of Indian Constitution—Social Harmony.
Also in attendance were Supreme Court judge Justice Vijay Bisnoi, Rajasthan High Court judge Justice Dr Pushpendra Singh Bhati, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, ABAP president and senior advocate K. Srinivas Murthy, and ABAP general secretary Advocate D. Bharat Kumar, among others.
Meghwal also talked about the Advocate Protection Bill, which has been a longstanding demand of the legal community, for protecting lawyers while they perform their professional duties.
“The Law Commission of India is considering the Act. Justice Dinesh Maheshwari is looking into it, he’s one of you,” he said, evoking cheers and applause from the audience, which included ABAP members from across the country. He was referring to former Supreme Court judge Justice Maheshwari, who is now heading the Law Commission of India.
Additionally, he said the government was considering enhancing the fees of government lawyers, and making the payments on time.
Meghwal also spoke of the recent amendments to the Indian Succession Act, to abolish the practice of probate or court validation for enforcement of wills made by Hindu, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains and Parsis living in Bombay, Chennai and Kolkata.
“A Muslim person did not need to do this. This was a discriminatory law, which did not come into notice since Independence. But the moment the prime minister noticed this, he said this was a discriminatory law and it should be ended,” he said.
आज बालोतरा में आयोजित अखिल भारतीय अधिवक्ता परिषद के 17वें राष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन में सहभागिता की एवं “भारतीय संविधान के 75 वर्ष एवं सामाजिक सद्भाव” विषय पर उपस्थित अधिवक्ताओं, बुद्धिजीवियों एवं गणमान्यजनों को संबोधित किया।
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At the event, Mehta spoke about the need to assess how the Constituent Assembly wanted to implement the provisions of the Constitution, and whether we have moved in that direction in the past 75 years.
“As for social harmony, it won’t be achieved through speeches. It should have come through religion but it didn’t. So I have a small nuskha for it,” he asserted.
Mehta was of the view that if the implementation of Fundamental Rights is linked to Fundamental Duties, social harmony would be an inevitable consequence.
“People tend to go to the courts right away (for implementation of their fundamental rights). Whether they are Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs or Christians…If a person goes to court complaining that his or her Fundamental Rights are violated, what if there is a prescription that he or she will have to show that they have also discharged their fundamental duties, only then will the court interfere…If a duty is made compulsory to claim a right, then social harmony will be an inevitable consequence,” he said.
Mehta also suggested that lawyer groups get together every year to assess the Constitution and determine if the Constitution needs changes.
“This won’t lead to any Parliamentary amendment, or won’t lead to any state ratifications. But an idea will emerge, and may, slowly and gradually, if the idea is right, it may lead to change,” he added.
ABAP President Murthy warned against “four major international forces” that have a backing of international mafias and are creating social disharmony in India by creating “non existing binaries”. He refrained from naming any specific organisation.
Murthy also emphasised on the decolonisation of the country’s judicial system.
(Edited by Ajeet Tiwari)
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