 bill no 99 of 2010 the commissions of inquiry (amendment) bill, 2010 by dr kirit premjibhai solanki, mp a bill further to amend the commissions of inquiry act, 1952be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first year of  the republic of india as follows:— 1 (1) this act may be called the commissions of inquiry (amendment) act, 2010short titleand commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint| 60 of 1952    ||---------------|| of section 3 || 5             || 10            |2  in section 3 of the commissions of inquiry act, 1952,—(a) in sub-section (1), after the existing proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—''provided further that the time specified in the notification issued for the purpose of appointment of commission of inquiry shall not be more than three years''; and(b) in sub-section (4), for the words ''six months'', the words ''three months'' shall be substituted statement of objects  and  reasonsthe commissions of inquiry act, 1952 empowers the central government and the state governments to appoint commissions of inquiry to inquire into any definite matter of public importance involving cases of irregularities, etc the objective behind appointment of such commissions of inquiry is to find out the truth behind the alleged irregularities, ensure justice for the victims and identification of the guiltyhowever, experience has shown that commissions of inquiry take very long time period to submit their reports thereby defeating the purpose for which they are appointed by the time they give their report, the issue has often lost its relevance hence, the aim of giving justice to the victims gets diluted and it does not serve any purpose moreover, due to inordinate long terms and repeated extentions given to the commissions of inquiry, the financial burden on the appropriate government increases enormously thus causing waste of public moneyto overcome the aforesaid problem, it is necessary to amend the commissions of inquiry act, 1952 to ensure that the report of the commission of inquiry is submitted within a period of three years from the date of its appointment and also to provide for laying, before each house of parliament or, as the case may be, the legislature of the state, the report of the commission together with a memorandum of action taken thereon by the government within a period of three months of the submission of the reportnew delhi;kirit  premjibhai  solankijuly 14, 2010 annexure extract from the commissions of inquiry act, 1952 (act no 60 of 1952)appointment of commission     3 (1) the appropriate government may, if it is of opinion that it is necessary so to do, and shall, if a resolution in this behalf is passed by each house of parliament or, as the case may be, the legislature of the state, by notification in the official gazette, appoint a commission of inquiry for the purpose of making an inquiry into any definite matter of public importance and performing such functions and within such time as may be specified in the notification, and the commission so appointed shall make the inquiry and perform the functions accordingly:provided that where any such commission has been appointed to inquire into any matter—(a) by the central government, no state government shall, except with the approval of the central government, appoint another commission to inquire into the same matter for so long as the commission appointed by the central government is functioning;(b) by a state government, the central government shall not appoint another commission to inquire into the same matter for so long as the commission appointed by the state government is functioning, unless the central government is of opinion that the scope of the inquiry should be extended to two or more states      (4) the appropriate government shall cause to be laid before each house of parliament or, as the case may be, the legislature of the state, the report, if any, of the commission on the inquiry made by the commission under sub-section (1) together with a memorandum of the action taken thereon, within a period of six months of the submission of the report by the commission to the appropriate government     ———— a billfurther to amend the commissions of inquiry act, 1952————(dr kirit premjibhai solanki, mp)gmgipmrnd—3924ls(s3)—18-08-2010