The amendment is aimed at enhancing security of prisoners and minimum deployment of police personnel while producing prisoners in courts
President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to nine bill from eight states including the Code of Criminal Procedure (Gujarat Amendment) Bill 2017, which allows undertrial prisoners to appear in the court through video conference instead.
The amendment is aimed at enhancing security of prisoners and minimum deployment of police personnel while producing prisoners in courts.
Two bills from Karnataka – Minimum Wages (Karnataka Amendment) Bill 2017 and the Karnataka Maritime Board Bill 2015 – are among the state legislation that have been cleared by the President.
While the Karnataka wages bill seeks to provide for better wages to labourers from 23 industries, the maritime board bill proposes to set up an authority that will come up with ideas to initiate development projects at ports.
The Industrial Disputes (West Bengal Amendment) Bill, 2016, the Industrial Disputes (Jharkhand Amendment) Bill 2016 and the Industrial Dispute (Kerala Amendment) Bill 2016 were also given assent by the president, officials said.
The purpose of the three bills are to frame rules for the settlement of disputes between the management of industrial establishments and workmen, widen the set of employees covered by the laws and establish a grievance redressal committee in all industrial entities.
Haryana's Shri Krishna AYUSH University Kurukshetra Bill 2016 that will facilitate establishment of an AYUSH university at Kurukshetra in Haryana has also been cleared. .
The president has also given his assent to the Dentist (Andhra Pradesh Amendment) Bill 2017 and the Indian Stamp (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Bill, 2016, the official said.
GUJARAT BILL AIMS AT CUTTING COST
- The amendment to Gujarat Code of Criminal Procedure is aimed at enhancing security of prisoners and minimum deployment of police personnel while producing prisoners in courts. It allows undertrials to appear in the court through video conference
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