"Sushma Swaraj did it on humanitarian grounds. Well, doing some thing on humanitarian grounds is part of country's culture," he told a meet-the-press programme in Thiruvananthapuram.
"On the face it it, there is nothing collusion with matters pertaining to corruption," he said.
"We should act on humanitarian grounds. One person who is
affected by cancer (Modi's wife) and she is on death bed and
needed some help," Gowda said while asserting that the
External Affairs Minister had not done anything wrong.
"But nowhere, Sushma Swaraj spoke about illegal
transaction or any other--only some travel document, for a
specific purpose.No transaction or business that come anyway
near corruption," he added.
Taking a dig at Congress and other Opposition parties for
slamming BJP-NDA on the issue, Gowda said Congress had no
locus standi to take up the issue "as it does not come under
corruption. They are attacking the government as they did not
get any other issue," he added.
Gowda also rejected reports which suggested ministers were not free to take decisions.
"As far my ministry is concerned, there was no interference from any quarter," he said.
On his Ministry's priority, Gowda said government's aim is to make law simple and accessible to common man. Many rotten laws that create confusion would be deleted from the statute, he said.
"Government also plans to make arbitration law simple to speed up arbitration process to resolve disputes without delay. That will definitely attract more investors to the country," he said.
"Steps are also on way to speed up disposal of pending cases in courts. Nearly 2.64 crore cases are pending from Supreme Court to subordinate courts in the country."
"More Lokadalats to settle cases out of court would be held in the country. For speedy clearance of pending cases,government is also in the process of improving the infrastructure of judiciary for the same," Gowda said.
Vacancies of judges in high courts also would be filled.
"Another priority area of the government is to provide legal aid to poor in the society."
Later, he inaugurated yoga classes for journalists at the press club as part of International Yoga Day celebrations.first published:June 21, 2015, 14:52 ISTlast updated:June 21, 2015, 15:43 IST
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Thiruvananthapuram: Union Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Sunday said External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's helping Lalit Modi was purely on humanitarian grounds and there was no sort of "collusion with matters pertaining to corruption."
"Sushma Swaraj did it on humanitarian grounds. Well, doing some thing on humanitarian grounds is part of country's culture," he told a meet-the-press programme in Thiruvananthapuram.
"On the face it it, there is nothing collusion with matters pertaining to corruption," he said.
"We should act on humanitarian grounds. One person who is
affected by cancer (Modi's wife) and she is on death bed and
needed some help," Gowda said while asserting that the
External Affairs Minister had not done anything wrong.
"But nowhere, Sushma Swaraj spoke about illegal
transaction or any other--only some travel document, for a
specific purpose.No transaction or business that come anyway
near corruption," he added.
Taking a dig at Congress and other Opposition parties for
slamming BJP-NDA on the issue, Gowda said Congress had no
locus standi to take up the issue "as it does not come under
corruption. They are attacking the government as they did not
get any other issue," he added.
Gowda also rejected reports which suggested ministers were not free to take decisions.
"As far my ministry is concerned, there was no interference from any quarter," he said.
On his Ministry's priority, Gowda said government's aim is to make law simple and accessible to common man. Many rotten laws that create confusion would be deleted from the statute, he said.
"Government also plans to make arbitration law simple to speed up arbitration process to resolve disputes without delay. That will definitely attract more investors to the country," he said.
"Steps are also on way to speed up disposal of pending cases in courts. Nearly 2.64 crore cases are pending from Supreme Court to subordinate courts in the country."
"More Lokadalats to settle cases out of court would be held in the country. For speedy clearance of pending cases,government is also in the process of improving the infrastructure of judiciary for the same," Gowda said.
Vacancies of judges in high courts also would be filled.
"Another priority area of the government is to provide legal aid to poor in the society."
Later, he inaugurated yoga classes for journalists at the press club as part of International Yoga Day celebrations.
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