[BITList] Five obsolete British-era statues on admiralty jurisdiction to go

[John Feltham]

Union Cabinet Approves New Admiralty Bill September 21, 2016

Giving a thrust to the long-standing demand of the maritime legal fraternity the Union cabinet today approved Ministry of Shipping's proposal for enactment of the Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill 2016 and to repeal five archaic admiralty statutes. 

The cabinet also approved repealing of five obsolete British statues on admiralty jurisdiction in civil matters, namely, 

(a) the Admiralty Court Act, 1840 
(b) the Admiralty Court Act, 1861, 
(c) Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890, 
(d) Colonial Courts of Admiralty (India) Act, 1891,
(e) the provisions of the Letters Patent, 1865 applicable to the admiralty jurisdiction of the Bombay, Calcutta and Madras High Courts.

http://www.livelaw.in/union-cabinet-approves-new-admiralty-bill-read-salient-features/ <http://www.livelaw.in/union-cabinet-approves-new-admiralty-bill-read-salient-features/>



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