The Uttar Pradesh State Commission for Women (Repeal) Act, 1998, officially abolished the state's Commission for Women by repealing the original 1997 law that created it. Applying to the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, this legislation retroactively dissolved the statutory body tasked with safeguarding and protecting women's rights and investigating welfare issues, effective from December 8, 1997. This matters because it completely removed a dedicated, independent institutional mechanism for addressing women's issues and grievances. Consequently, it altered the administrative and legal landscape for women's advocacy, protection, and rights monitoring across the entire state of Uttar Pradesh during that period.
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