22nd Law Commission of India
On 7th November 2022, the Union Government constituted the 22nd Law Commission of India.
Composition
- Chairman: Justice (retd.) Rituraj Awasthi, former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court.
- Members (5): Justice KT Sankaran, Prof. Anand Paliwal, Prof. DP Verma, Prof.(Dr) Raka Arya and Shri M. Karunanithi
Mandate
- Identify laws which are no longer needed or irrelevant and can be immediately repealed.
- Examine the existing laws in the light of Directive Principles of State Policy.
- Suggest ways of improvement and reform and also suggest such legislations as might be necessary to implement the Directive Principles and to attain the objectives set out in the Preamble ....