Centre to form new law Commission 

Centre to form new law Commission 

In news :

• The Union Cabinet gave its approval to set up the 22nd Law Commission.

• The new panel, will have a three-year term. chairperson, four full-time members, Law and Legislative Secretaries in the Law Ministry will be ex-officio members of the commission.

• A retired Supreme Court judge or Chief Justice of a High Court will head the commission. 

From Prelims point of view:

Law Commission

• Advises the government on complex legal issues. 

• The term of the previous law panel ended last August. 

• Originally formed in 1955, the commission is reconstituted every three years and so far, 277 reports have been submitted to the government.

• Previous Law Commission, under Justice B.S. Chauhan (retd.), supported simultaneous elections.

• Law Commission of India is neither a constitutional body nor a statutory body, it is an executive body established by an order of the Government of India. 

• The Commission is established for a fixed tenure and works as an advisory body to the Ministry of Law and Justice.