Pranab Mukherjee said that obsolete legistations are being scrapped and some being amended to encourage the government's ease of doing busi...

While Parliament has passed two bills to repeal 125 obsolete laws, another two bills which seek to scrap a total of 1053 Acts are pending i...

The law minister added that the government is enacting various bills to repeal the obsolete acts in Parliament.

A bill seeking to scrap a set of 295 obsolete Acts dealing with several issues including changes in marriage laws and cement hoarding was t...

The Repealing and Amending (Fourth) Bill, 2015 will be introduced in Lok Sabha for annulling 295 Acts which have been declared as redundant.

The exercise is being undertaken by the law ministry in line with PM Modi's agenda to do away with "archaic" laws that were "hindering gove...

With the Opposition boycotting the Lok Sabha proceedings, the government today deferred voting on a bill that seeks to repeal 90 amendment ...

In its fourth interim report to the Law Ministry on obsolete laws, the law panel has recommended a total of 30 statutes which can be repeal...

The Law Commission has been of the opinion that at least 350 laws need to be immediately revoked. It has already identified at least 200 su...

The government has identified over a thousand archaic laws which can be sent to the chopping block in the comings days to clear statute boo...

"We are consulting the FinMin. I have asked my department to take a considered legal view on repealing these Appropriation Acts," Prasad sa...

The newly constituted Committee will examine all Acts recommended to be repealed by the Committee on Review of Administrative Laws.

One of the laws recommended for repeal dates back to 1836. Several others recommended for revoking belong to period dating from 1838 to 189...

Modi has expressed concern that out of the 1382 Acts recommended for repeal by that Committee, only 415 have been repealed so far.

The committee will submit its report in three months, and on the basis of its recommendations a bill will be introduced in Parliament.

The decision is in tune with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's agenda to do away with archaic laws which are hindering efficient governance.

The government gave its nod for repealing five obsolete laws administered by the finance ministry.