The law department has initiated procedures to repeal as many as 122actsthat were enacted in the state for multiple purposes since 2008, on the recommendations of the 15th report of thestate law reforms commission.
The commission, in its report submitted to thegovernmentlast month had recommended to repeal as many as 218 acts prevailing in the state, many of those that were enacted even before the formation of the state. The law reforms commission had submitted the draftKeralasaving and repealing bill, 2021, for repealing these laws. The law department then found that of the 218 acts that have been recommended for repealing, as many as 96 acts have already been recommended for being repealed by a committee headed by eminent jurist V RKrishna Iyerin 2009 itself.
The law department then informed thecabinetthat the procedures for repealing the 96 acts as recommended by the committee headed by Krishna Iyer have already been initiated, and the procedures for repealing the remaining 122 acts can be initiated. The cabinet on November 24, cleared the proposal for repealing the remaining acts that have been recommended by the committee by excluding those that have already been recommended by the Krishna Iyer committee on which the law department is still working. On the basis of the cabinet decision, the law department has begun the procedures for placing the bill in the assembly. All these 122 acts that are being repealed are amendment acts to various existing acts in the state.