Date: Monday, 07 Oct. 2024
Time: 03 p.m.
Venue: HSS Seminar Hall
YouTube Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/_nPZm5AJ4Aw?feature=share
The Law-making Process
Abstract:
In a welfare State, laws are designed to bring about an orderly society, to mitigate public hardships as far as possible, to curb social, political and economic evils, and to smoothen the way to securing justice and the important function of Parliament is to make laws. A ‘law’ is an imperative direction through legislative proposals embodied in a Bill which has been debated and passed by a duly constituted legislature or Parliament in the prescribed manner and assented to by the Head of the State, and is binding on every citizen, and which the courts charged with the duty of ensuring respect for law are bound to enforce. Also, the term ‘law’, covers any rule, regulation, by-law or sub-rule made by a subordinate authority under powers delegated to it expressly in pursuance of the provisions of the principal Act and with the limit specified therein. Legislation involves the collaboration and agreement of experts and laymen both. Framing of Legislation requires great skill on the part of those who are connected with initiating and drafting of laws so as to ensure that the proposed law is conductive to the progress of society, is free from any tyrannical bias, is easily understandable by men of ordinary intelligence, and has no loose ends or loopholes for mischief.
Bio:
Pradeep Chaturvedi has several decades of experience in parliamentary procedures and law-making. He served as a joint secretary of the Rajya Sabha, Parliament of India. He also served as an OSD to the Hon'ble Speaker of Lok Sabha and the Director of the Rajya Sabha Secretariat. He was on several important national and international committees and delegations. He has a Master of Laws (LLM) from Delhi University. His areas of interest are international law, administrative law and the constitution. He is a life member and fellow of the Indian Council of Arbitration (ICBA).