Arbitration Act amendment bill likely in Monsoon session: Secretary, Law and Justice
Updated: Jul 24, 2015 01:04:23pm
New Delhi, July 24 (KNN) The amendments to arbitration act is under consideration and very soon we will come with a proposal based on the report of Law Commission of India, P K Malhotra, Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice has said.
“We propose to bring the bill during the monsoon session provided the procedural requirements are complete”, said Malhotra recently said while inaugurating a conference titled ‘2nd Global Conference on Law & Technology,’ organised by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
Malhotra further said, the primary advantage of computerization of courts will be the ‘automation of workflow management’. This would enable the courts to exercise greater control over the management of dockets. Ultimately, ICT enablement will make the functioning of courts efficient, which will have an overall impact on the justice delivery system.
The Government has launched Digital India programme which aims at transforming India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have the potential of not only bridging the great digital divide in the country (in terms of easy and effective access to ICTs) but also of positively contributing to the growth of the economy, employment and productivity, said Malhotra.
Cradle-to-grave digital identity is a need of the hour. The ideal identity is one that is unique, singularly sufficient, robust enough to disallow duplicate and fake records, easily and digitally authenticable in an inexpensive manner, and lifelong.
Aadhaar, a 12-digit individual identification number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on behalf of the Government of India, meets these requirements. It is essentially a paperless online anytime – anywhere identity assigned to a resident to cover his / her entire lifetime.
With proliferation of information technology enabled services such as e-governance, e-commerce and e-transactions; data security, data privacy and implementation of security practices and procedures relating to applications of electronic communications have assumed greater importance. They require harmonization with the provisions of the Information Technology Act. Further, protection of Critical Information Infrastructure is pivotal to national security, economy, public health and safety. Thus, it had become necessary to declare such infrastructure as protected system, so as to restrict unauthorized access, he said. (KNN Bureau)
“We propose to bring the bill during the monsoon session provided the procedural requirements are complete”, said Malhotra recently said while inaugurating a conference titled ‘2nd Global Conference on Law & Technology,’ organised by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
Malhotra further said, the primary advantage of computerization of courts will be the ‘automation of workflow management’. This would enable the courts to exercise greater control over the management of dockets. Ultimately, ICT enablement will make the functioning of courts efficient, which will have an overall impact on the justice delivery system.
The Government has launched Digital India programme which aims at transforming India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have the potential of not only bridging the great digital divide in the country (in terms of easy and effective access to ICTs) but also of positively contributing to the growth of the economy, employment and productivity, said Malhotra.
Cradle-to-grave digital identity is a need of the hour. The ideal identity is one that is unique, singularly sufficient, robust enough to disallow duplicate and fake records, easily and digitally authenticable in an inexpensive manner, and lifelong.
Aadhaar, a 12-digit individual identification number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on behalf of the Government of India, meets these requirements. It is essentially a paperless online anytime – anywhere identity assigned to a resident to cover his / her entire lifetime.
With proliferation of information technology enabled services such as e-governance, e-commerce and e-transactions; data security, data privacy and implementation of security practices and procedures relating to applications of electronic communications have assumed greater importance. They require harmonization with the provisions of the Information Technology Act. Further, protection of Critical Information Infrastructure is pivotal to national security, economy, public health and safety. Thus, it had become necessary to declare such infrastructure as protected system, so as to restrict unauthorized access, he said. (KNN Bureau)
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