Promising the Indian diaspora better governance and transparency, the Government today said it was making a provision to ensure "no tainted" person becomes a member of the higher judiciary in the country.
Addressing the eighth Pravasi Bhartiya Divas here, law minister Veerappa Moily said Government was making sincere efforts to make "level of rule of law in India one of the best in the world".
"We are making sincere efforts to improve our governance. To ensure reform in judicial system, we are bringing in the Judges Standard and Accountability Bill which will ensure that not a single tainted person becomes part of the higher courts," Moily said.
The minister called upon the NRIs and PIOs to invest more in India and become part of the country's growth story. "The reform in governance and judicial system will also benefit the diaspora."
Government was also planning to set up commercial courts to settle commercial issues at a minimum possible time frame. "You can expect resolution of any sort of commercial dispute in a maximumm time frame of five to six months," he said.
Listing initiatives by his Ministry to improve dispute redressal mechanism, he said Government was also making efforts to make "India the preferred destination for international arbritation."
"India is on a trajectory of change and within two to three years, the picture will be totally changed," he said.
