New Delhi (03.09.2024):The Centre has constituted 23rd Law Commission for three years to identify laws that have become obsolete and can be repealed. The panel will advise the government on complex legal issues. It can carry out audits of laws that affect the poor and give its views on any law that the Law and Justice Ministry conveys to it.
The term of the Commission will be for period of three years till August 31, 2027. The Commission will have a full-time chairperson and four full-time members including a member-secretary. Department of Legal Affairs Secretary and Legislative Department Secretary are ex-officio members of the panel. There will be five part-time members in the Commission. Serving Supreme Court and High Court Judges will be chairperson and members of the Law Commission. They will perform their functions on a whole-time basis up to the date of retirement from the Supreme Court or High Court or expiry of the term of the Commission, whichever be earlier. Usually, the chairperson of the commission is a retired judge. The government is yet to appoint the members. The last Law Commission was notified in February 2020, but the chairperson and members were only appointed in November 2022.
This time round the Law Commission has been asked to examine “the existing laws in the light of Directive Principles of State Policy and to suggest ways of improvement and reform and also to suggest such legislations as might be necessary to implement the Directive Principles and to attain the objectives set out in the Preamble of the Constitution.”
The 22nd Law Commission headed by former Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi was working on reports on Uniform Civil Code and simultaneous elections, but had not submitted them to the government before Justice Awasthi left to take office as a member of the Lokpal in March. The 22nd Law Commission’s term came to an end on August 31, before the reports could be published.
Govt constitutes 23rd Law Commission; Serving SC/HC judge to be Chairman
By IndianMandarins - 2024-09-03 22:36:00
New Delhi (03.09.2024):The Centre has constituted 23rd Law Commission for three years to identify laws that have become obsolete and can be repealed. The panel will advise the government on complex legal issues. It can carry out audits of laws that affect the poor and give its views on any law that the Law and Justice Ministry conveys to it.
The term of the Commission will be for period of three years till August 31, 2027. The Commission will have a full-time chairperson and four full-time members including a member-secretary. Department of Legal Affairs Secretary and Legislative Department Secretary are ex-officio members of the panel. There will be five part-time members in the Commission. Serving Supreme Court and High Court Judges will be chairperson and members of the Law Commission. They will perform their functions on a whole-time basis up to the date of retirement from the Supreme Court or High Court or expiry of the term of the Commission, whichever be earlier. Usually, the chairperson of the commission is a retired judge. The government is yet to appoint the members. The last Law Commission was notified in February 2020, but the chairperson and members were only appointed in November 2022.
This time round the Law Commission has been asked to examine “the existing laws in the light of Directive Principles of State Policy and to suggest ways of improvement and reform and also to suggest such legislations as might be necessary to implement the Directive Principles and to attain the objectives set out in the Preamble of the Constitution.”
The 22nd Law Commission headed by former Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi was working on reports on Uniform Civil Code and simultaneous elections, but had not submitted them to the government before Justice Awasthi left to take office as a member of the Lokpal in March. The 22nd Law Commission’s term came to an end on August 31, before the reports could be published.
