December 16, 2025
Kalyan Banerjee’s speech on The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2025
Hon. Chairperson, Sir, this is the Repealing and Amending Bil, 2025. Every year, we bring these types of Bills. There is not much confusion about the Repealing and Amending Bill. There are some good parts which are corrected. One of them is regarding Speed Post. Instead of Registered with AD, it will now be Speed Post with AD. It is good. It will be speedier. But I request one thing to hon. Law Minister. … Hon. Law Minister, kindly see. So far as the caveat is concerned, the part which you have amended is that it has to be served upon the defendants or whatever the party. But a caveat is filed through the lawyer. Therefore, if you can put “the party and also the lawyer of the defendant”, that will help; otherwise, it will be useless. If you want speedy justice, then my suggestion is that you add ‘the lawyer of the defendant’ or whatever the party where it is made through the lawyer only. There is no problem on that. Sir, the problem is somewhere else. Now, we are amending the Act, we are bringing more and more Acts; but is speedy justice being delivered? Where are we stuck? I just give you one small example. When in the Supreme Court, filing of new cases was 40,000, the strength of the Supreme Court judges was increased to 34. In 2024, filing was more than 60,000. In 2025, till two days ago, filing was 70,000, but the strength of judges has not been increased. Computers and all that will not decide the fate of a case. A real judicial reform by increasing the strength of the judges is required. Unless it is done, nothing will be done in this country. So far as justice part is concerned, I am saying about it. We need more judges. If you go to the Registry of the Supreme Court, you will see that after registration of a case, it takes at least eight to ten days to remove the defects, etc. People are also not there. A similar situation s in the High Courts and district courts also. These computers etc. are all additional. We need original men to decide and they are the judges. The strength of the judges needs to be increased. Virtual courts etc. means we are just side-tracking the problem itself. Unless the judges are there, who will decide? Although it may not relieve much, I now understand, but as the hon. Law Minister is here, to whom can I make a request. He can reject my request also. There is no problem. He is smiling and he will reject my request. But this is not the request from myself. I am almost at the end of my life. Please do it for हम जफर सेबगाल ल ं ेलंगे। आप इसकी जचता मत कीजजए। वहा ं ं हम आपको ऐसेफेकंगे जक आप जबहार िोड़ कर यूपी चलेजाएगं े। आप मेरी बात सजनए। … This is the thing; I am telling you. I am saying that I am not against any Government. I am not saying any red Government, white Government or saffron Government, but this is the position of this country. People are having last faith in the Judiciary. People get the justice. We are talking about the women empowerment; we are talking about women torture; and we are talking about POCSO. Where are the judges? It is not my State; it is not your State; it is not your State, Rajasthan. It is the whole of India. Kindly think over it.
