Old outdated law will be abolished in India

Government is in the process of   setting up a committee that would identify and recommend weeding out of outdated laws in India .

The committee will be headed by the Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office R Ramanujam, while former Secretary in Legislative Department, V K Bhasin, will be a member of the committee.

The committee has been asked to submit its report in three months.

The effort is to bring a comprehensive Bill, based on the recommendations of the committee, during the winter session of Parliament

The committee will examine all Acts recommended to be repealed by a previous Committee on the Review of Administrative Laws.

The previous committee was appointed during the term of the Vajpayee Government in 1998.

That committee had recommended repealing of 1,328 Acts. However, only 415 have been repealed so far.