December 17, 2015
Arpita Ghosh speaks on The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2015
Sir, we welcome this Bill because yeh user-friendly hain, yeh cost-effective hogi, aur disposal of cases jaldi hogi abhi. Yeh bahut hi zaroori tha hamare liye. We have seen such litigation bahut dino se chalta raha. But abhi yeh jo aayi hain iske sabse behtar baat mujhe lagi ki iska jo time-bound limit kar diye hain. 12 mahina mein khatam hogi, plus 6 mahina aur badaya jayega agar court ko lage ki iski zaroorat hain. Aur price ke bare main jo Minister soche hain – ki extra paisa dene pa case jaldi niptaya diya jayega – iske liye hum bahut abhari hain kyunki sabko lagta hain ki extra price dene pa kaam jaldi hogi.
Yeh soch bahut achhi hain ki kaam kaise jaldi kiya jain, kyunki abhi Government bahut soch raha hain ki kaise aur zyada investment aaye (aura a bhi rahi hain) aur isi time agar aisa rules nahin aayegi toh hamare aage ke liye achhi nahi hogi. Toh hamein lagta hain ki bahut jaldi yeh Bill pass hona chahiye.
Yeh appoinemnt of arbitrators mein jo impartiality ki enton hain yeh bahut zaroori hain, kyunki hum dekhe hain ki yeh connections rahne se kaam theek se saltaya nahin jaata hain. Toh Minister ka yeh soch bhi bahut badiya hain.
Cases shall be disposed as expeditiously as possible and endeavour should be made to dispose of the matter within a period of 60 days – yeh bhi bahut hi zaroori tha kyunki yeh dekha giya hain ki defaulters bahut hote hain aur yeh bhi dekha giya hain ki Central Government sabse zyada default ki hain. Toh humein asha hain ki is bare mein Minister saab sochenge aage kisko isko handle kiya jayein.
Aur ek baat kehna chahti hoon – abhi jo panel of judges hote hain who mostly retired judges se chuna jate hain. Toh agar kuch non-legal experts (like from international arbitration centres) liye jaaye toh achha hogi. Kuch naya arbitration centres kholne ki zaroorat hain, kuch naya training centres kholne ki zaroorat hain, jo exixting training centres hain usko thora modification ki zaroorat hain, kyunki arbitration case jitna jaldi niptaya jayega hamare desh desh ke liye utni hi achhi hogi.
Toh mujhe yeh asha hain ki Government doosri tarha se sochegi appoints ke bare mein, kaise zyadatar log arbitration ke kshetra mein hain aur joh paraye jaata hain wahan agar yeh arbitration ki topic laya jain toh behtar rahegi. Minister saab abhi hain, toh main asha karti hoon ki government sochegi. Humein lagta hain ki Govenrment yeh johg steps le rahi hain yeh aage jaa ke hamare desh ke liye bahut achhi hogi. We really welcome once gain ki yeh steps itne din – 10 saal – baad aaye hain. Toh isko jitna expediate kiya jayegi, utni hi achhi hogi. Implementation is the most important thing. Law toh humlog bana lenge, lekin jitni jaldi implementation hogi utni hi hamare liye faideman hogi.
Thank you very much.
