Recently, the government set up the 23rd Law Commission for three years from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027.

About 23rd Law Commission

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

• Composition: The commission will include a full-time chairperson, four full-time members, the Secretaries of the Legal Affairs and Legislative departments as ex-officio members and up to five part-time members.
• Objectives: 
  • To identify laws that have become obsolete and can be repealed
  • Carry out audits of laws that affect the poor 
  • Give its views on any law that the Law and Justice Ministry conveys to it.

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• Tasks:
  • Examining the existing laws in the light of Directive Principles of State Policy
  • To suggest ways of improvement and reform and also to suggest such legislations as might be necessary to implement the Directive Principles 
  • To attain the objectives set out in the Preamble of the Constitution
  • To examine the impact of globalization on food security, unemployment and recommend measures for the protection of the interests of the marginalized
  • The terms of reference include reviewing the judicial administration system to make it more responsive to the demands of the time. 
  • Others: Eliminating delays, simplifying High Courts rules and implementing a framework for case flow management

About Law Commission

It is an executive body (a non-statutory body) constituted by the Government of India.

• Background: The first Law Commission was established during the British era in 1834 by the Charter Act of 1833 and was presided over by Lord Macaulay.
  • However, the first Law Commission of Independent India was constituted in 1955 with M. C. Setalvad, as its Chairman.
• Time Frame: Every three years
• Mandate: Its major function is to work for legal reform and to act as an advisory body to the Ministry of Law and Justice.

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