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Uttar Pradesh to repeal 36 irrelevant laws, bill likely to be tabled on Dec 6

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to repeal 36 laws that have lost their relevance and decided to table the Uttar Pradesh Repeal Bill-2022 in this regard in the state legislative assembly on Tuesday

Updated on: Dec 5, 2022, 23:04:36 IST
By , Lucknow
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The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to repeal 36 laws that have lost their relevance and decided to table the Uttar Pradesh Repeal Bill-2022 in this regard in the state legislative assembly on Tuesday.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath presided over the meeting of the state cabinet that approved proposal in this regard. (HT file)
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath presided over the meeting of the state cabinet that approved proposal in this regard. (HT file)

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath presided over the meeting of the state cabinet that approved proposal in this regard. Thirty-six laws to be repealed include five original acts and 31 amendment acts.

The Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission had recommended that the laws that have become irrelevant should be repealed to minimise the regulatory compliance burden in view of ease of doing business. The state legislature has so far repealed 813 such laws after 2017.

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