By Punit Mishra

Several important Bills are scheduled to be tabled during the first session of the 17th Lok Sabha that starts on June 17. Among the Bills which will be introduced during the 40 days of Monsoon session are Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019, Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 and Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019.

The session which will be held from June 17 to July 26 will witness replacement of the ordinances which are already into force by the Bills apart from the Bills which will be introduced for the first time. It will also see tabling of the other Bills which could not be passed in various sessions of 16th Lok Sabha.

For instance, the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 will replace Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019. Similarly Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 will replace the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, 2019.

Here is the tentative list of the Bills which will tabled in the ensuing session:

1. Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019: This Bill will replace Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019. The Bill seeks to expand the period for re-establishment of the Central Council from ongoing timeframe of one year to two years so that the tenure of the Board of Governors may be extended for one more year from May 17, 2019.

2. Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019:  This Bill will replace Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019. The Bill says subsequent to this amendment, no individual shall be bound to furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number or go through verification for the use of establishing his identity until it is so provided by a law made by Parliament.

3. Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019: This Bill will replace Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019. The Bill seeks to amend sub-section (v) of section 2 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 which will allow a trust or any organization notified by the Central government to be eligible for consideration for grant of authorization to establish a unit in Special Economic Zones.

4. Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019: This Bill will replace the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, 2019 promulgated in February this year. The Bill seeks to declare the practice of triple talaq as null and void and unlawful and provides for compensation of survival allowance to married Muslim women and dependent children.

5. New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) Bill, 2019: This Bill will replace New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Ordinance, 2019 which was promulgated in March this year. The Bill envisages establishment of an independent and an independent body for organizational arbitration and to get hold of and move the undertakings of International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ICADR) to NDIAC.

6. Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Bill, 2019: This Bill seeks amendments in Section 2, Section 3 and Section 7 of the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971. The amendments would allow an estate officer to comply summary proceedings for relocating illegal dwellers from housing accommodations and to impose vandalism levies for accommodation held during the period of lawsuit.

7. Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019: The Bill, seeks to make sure clearness, answerability and excellence in the control of medical education in the country thereby entailing supersession of the Medical Council of India (MCI) for two years from September 26, 2018.

8. Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019: This Bill will allow the border residents of Jammu & Kashmir to seek reservation in direct promotion, recruitment, and admission in diverse professional courses.

9. Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Bill, 2019: This Bill will replace Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Ordinance, 2019. The Bill seeks to provide for mulling a university/college as one entity, reviving the earlier reservation system positioned on 200-point roster. A department/subject will no longer be viewed as an entity.

—India Legal Bureau

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