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23rd Law Commission of India
September 9 , 2024
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- The Centre has notified the constitution of the 23rd Law Commission.
- The term of the Commission will be for period of three years till 31st August 2027.
- The Commission will have a full-time chairperson and four full-time members including a member-secretary.
- It will identify laws that have become obsolete and can be repealed, carry out audits of laws that affect the poor and give its views on any law.
- The 23rd Commission has been asked to examine the impact of globalisation on food security, unemployment and recommend measures for the protection of the interests of the marginalised.
- The chairperson and members could be serving judges of the Supreme Court or High Courts or “other category of persons”.
- Usually, the chairperson of the commission is a retired judge.
- The 22nd Law Commission was chaired by former Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi.
- The 22nd Law Commission’s term came to an end on August 31.
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