PANAJI
Union Minister of State for Law and Justice S P Singh Bhagel said that the Union government would consider a proposal for an independent High Court at Goa, were such a proposal to be received from the state.
Addressing media persons during an informal visit to the Bombay High Court at Goa, the Minister said that the government would consider the proposal, but that there wasn’t one for the present.
Prior to the Liberation of Goa Daman & Diu, the highest Court for the then Union territory was the “Tribunal de Relacao” functioning at Panaji.
This Tribunal de Relação was abolished when a Court of Judicial Commissioner was established with effect from December 16, 1963 under the Goa Daman & Diu (Judicial Commissioner Court) Regulation, 1963. In May 1964, an Act was passed by the Parliament which conferred upon the Court of Judicial Commissioner some powers of the High Court for the purposes of the Constitution of India.
Parliament by an Act extended the jurisdiction of the High Court at Bombay to the Union territory of Goa Daman & Diu and established a permanent Bench of that High Court at Panaji on October 30, 1982.
The Minister also said that implementing a uniform civil code across the country was on the agenda of the BJP led government.
