New Delhi: The Union Cabinet today extended the term of the twenty-second Law Commission of India up to August 31, 2024. The tenure of the present Commission had come to an end on February 20, 2023.
A Cabinet note stated that the tenure of the twenty-second Law Commission was extended because its chairperson and members had joined office recently and had taken up several pending projects for examination and report, and the work was in progress.
It will consist of the same composition, which is as under:
(a) A full-time Chairperson;
(b) Four full-time Members (including Member-Secretary)
(c) Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs as ex-officio Member;
(d) Secretary, Legislative Department as ex officio Member; and
(e) Not more than five part-time Members.
The Law Commission during its extended term shall continue to discharge its existing responsibility, as bestowed upon it by an order dated February 21, 2020, which, among other things, includes: –
(a) identification of laws which are no longer relevant and recommending the repeal of obsolete and unnecessary enactments;
(b) suggesting enactment of new legislations as may be necessary to implement the Directive Principles and to attain the objectives set out in the Preamble of the Constitution;
(c) Considering and conveying to the Government its views on any subject relating to law and judicial administration that may be specifically referred to it by the Government through the Ministry of Law & Justice (Department of Legal Affairs);
(d) Considering the requests for providing research to any foreign countries as may be referred to it by the Government through the Ministry of Law & Justice (Department of Legal Affairs);
(e) Preparing and submitting to the Central Government, from time to time, reports on all issues, matters, studies and research, undertaken by it and recommending such reports for effective measures to be taken by the Union or any State; and
(f) Performing such other functions as may be assigned to it by the Central Government from time to time.
The Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body, constituted by the Government of India from time to time. The Commission was originally constituted in 1955 and is re-constituted from time to time.
The various Law Commissions have been able to make important contributions towards the codification of the law of the country. The Law Commission has so far submitted 277 reports.
– global bihari bureau
