NEW DELHI: The parliament today passed two bills to repeal 245 obsolete and archaic laws, including the 158-year-old Calcutta Pilots Act of 1859 and Prevention of Seditious Meeting Act, 1911.
Replying to a debate, Minister of State for Law and Justice P P Chaudhary said the Centre was bringing reforms in the legal system by repealing all obsolete laws.
He said the Government has identified 1,824 laws that required repeal.
The Government is repealing 245 more obsolete laws through these two bills, he said.
On a demand made by Congress member Rajeev Gowda regarding amendments in Section 377 of Indian Penal Code (IPC), the minister said his suggestion would be examined. Gowda was demanding to decriminalise consensual sexual acts between members of the same sex by amending Section 377. (AGENCIES)
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