The meeting of the advisory council of the National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms, headed by the law minister, will be attended by advisor to the prime minister Sam Pitroda, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on law Shantaram Naik.
The agenda includes legal education reforms, review of the litigation policy, promotion of alternate dispute resolution and the National Judicial Data Grid.
The concurrence of high courts is required to initiate audio-video recording which would bring in accountability in the subordinate judiciary where pendency of cases is a major concern both for the Supreme Court and the government. Frequent adjournments and unending list of witnesses in cases are some of the issues affecting time-bound delivery of justice.
National Judicial Academy director Balram Gupta, top jurist Madhav Menon and retired chief justice of Delhi High Court A P Shah have also been invited to share their views on reforms in curriculum followed at judicial academies for newly-recruited judges and on other judicial issues.
The final recommendation of the parliamentary standing committee on law on the judicial appointments commission (JAC) is also likely to be submitted before the winter session of Parliament. The government is keen on passage of the bill which was deferred at the last moment when the main opposition BJP opposed it on certain grounds.
A senior law ministry official said the government has incorporated the opposition's concerns in the bill and with the recommendation of the parliamentary standing committee, it will again push for passage of the bill in the forthcoming session.
The constitutional amendment bill replacing the collegium system of appointing judges with the JAC was passed in Rajya Sabha amid a walkout by BJP in the monsoon session. It could not be taken up in Lok Sabha as the House was adjourned sine die.
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