After independence we apointed a law commission to revise all our laws. Sir, the law commission went into this matter in very great detail and referring to certain basic principles that have been adopted and certain amendmentrs that have been suggested by the commission of revision appointed in the unitekd kingdom, they have gone through the whole enactment and suggested certain modifications not only in sections but also in articles. I am very glad that the law ministry has brought forward the bill on the basis, as the deputy law minister has pointed out, that they have not followed the recommendations of the law commission but, in general, they have adopted the recommendations of the law commission in most of its aspects. Sir, as this matter is to be entrusted to the joint committee of both the houses, it will have the members who are in the select committee and so, generally speaking, neither is this the occasion nor the practice to go into details but we can just suggest certain general matters so that the select committee may take them into consideration while deliberating in detail on the different provisions of this bill. Sir, in view of my experience as a lawyer, I feel that the law of limitation is a procedural matter except in certain sections where it confers definite rights on account of possession on certain other matters. We have to see that the matters that are disputed or are under litigation are disposed of in as short a period as possible. The trned everywhere is that the people should not be kept in suspense either before litigation or after litigation. So, my humble suggestion to the members of the select commitee will be to see that the course of litigation is as much circumscribed, as much reduced as is possible in consonance with the basic principle of fairness, justice and equity. To substantiate what I am submitting, I would give an exaple, and the members of the select committee will go into details of the law commission report. While deliberating in detail on the different provisions of the law commission.
