WINSON COMPETITIVE GUIDE
BILLS AND ACTS:
Union Cabinet approves Admiralty (Jurisdiction and
Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill, 2016:
The Union Cabinet has given its approval to enact Admiralty
(Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill 2016.
The proposal to enact to this bill was forwarded by Union
Ministry of Shipping to repeal five archaic admiralty
statutes. Admiralty jurisdiction is related to the powers of
the High Courts in respect of claims associated with
transport by sea and navigable waterways.
Key Facts :
The Bill consolidates the existing laws relating to
admiralty proceedings on maritime claims, admiralty
jurisdiction of courts, arrest of vessels and related
issues.
This legislative proposal will also fulfil a long-standing
demand of the maritime legal fraternity. It also repeals
five obsolete British statues on admiralty jurisdiction in
civil matters.
They are (i) Admiralty Court Act, 1840 (ii) Admiralty
Court Act, 1861, (iii) Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act,
1890, (iv) Colonial Courts of Admiralty (India) Act, 1891,
and (v) Provisions of the Letters Patent, 1865,
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