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Supreme Court of India For Repealing Beef On Medicinal Grounds - Abhishek Kadyan
Supreme Court of India For Repealing Beef On Medicinal Grounds - Abhishek Kadyan
Supreme Court of India For Repealing Beef On Medicinal Grounds - Abhishek Kadyan
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. Respondents
1. Govt. of Haryana through its Chief Secretary via Resident Commissioner in Delhi.
2. Govt. of Punjab through its Chief Secretary via Resident Commissioner in Delhi.
3. Govt. of Himachal Pradesh through its Chief Secretary via Resident Commissioner.
4. Govt. of Uttar Pradesh through its Chief Secretary via Resident Commissioner.
5. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change through its Secretary.
6. Animal Welfare Board of India through its Secretary.
7. National Human Rights Commission through its Director General.
8. Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying through its Secretary.
9. Department of Health and Family Welfare through its Secretary.
Respectfully showth:
It would also be pertinent to mention here that the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for introduction of the Repealing and
Amending Bill, 2017 to repeal 105 Acts.
Background:
The two Member Committee constituted by the PMO, the Law Commission of India and
the Legislative Department identified 1824 redundant and obsolete Central Acts for repeal.
After careful examination and consultation with various Ministries / Departments in the
Government of India, four Acts have been enacted to repeal 1175 Central Acts (during the
period May, 2014 to August, 2016) by Parliament which are
i) The Repealing and Amending Act, 2015 (17 of 2015) repealing 35 Acts; The Repealing
and Amending (Second) Act, 2015 (19 of 2015) repealing 90 Acts;
ii) The Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Act, 2016 (22 of 2016) repealing 756;
iii) Appropriation Acts including Appropriation (Railways) Acts;
iv) The Repealing and Amending Act, 2016 (23 of 2016) repealing 294 Acts.
Out of the aforesaid 1824 Acts, 227 Acts (including Appropriation Acts enacted by
Parliament for the States under Presidents Rule) are identified to be repealed by State
Governments have been requested to take necessary action to repeal them.
A list of remaining 422 Central Acts was circulated among all the Ministries / Departments
for their comments on repeal of Acts pertaining to their respective Ministries /
Departments. Till date, 73 Ministries / Departments including Legislative Department have
given their comments whereby they have agreed to repeal 105 Acts and disagreed to repeal
about 139 Acts. On the basis of the comments / concurrence received from the Ministries /
Departments, 105 Acts have been identified for repeal by this Department.
Prayers:
Naresh Kadyan