The Union Government has constituted the 22nd Law Commission of India with Justice Rituraj Awasthi at its head.
Justice Awasthi recently retired from the post of Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court.
He headed the Bench that upheld the state government’s restriction on women and girls wearing the hijab in educational institutions.
Law Commission of India
The Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body that is constituted by a notification of the Union Government, with definite terms of reference to carry out research in the field of law.
The Commission would have tenure of 3 years from the date of publication of the Official Gazette.
The Commission makes recommendations to the Government as per its terms of reference.
Terms of reference for the 22nd Law Commission;
Identify laws which are no longer needed or relevant and can be immediately repealed.
Examine the existing laws in the light of Directive Principles of State Policy and suggest ways of improvement and reform.
Suggest such legislation as might be necessary to implement the Directive Principles.
Suggest some measures to attain the objectives set out in the Preamble of the Constitution.
Revise the Central Acts of general importance to simplify them and remove anomalies, ambiguities and inequities.
The Law Commission was first constituted in 1955 and has so far submitted 277 reports.
