
Long-awaited appointments made in law panel
The Hindu
The Law Commission is constituted for three years and the 22nd Law Commission was notified on February 24, 2020.
The central government on November 7, 2022 appointed chairperson and members of the Law Commission over two and a half years after it was constituted.
Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju took to Twitter to announce the appointment of retired High Court Chief Justice Rituraj Awasthi as the chairperson of the commission.
The Law Commission is constituted for three years and the 22nd Law Commission was notified on February 24, 2020.
Though the official notification announcing the appointments was not immediately available, going by the date of its constitution, its term will end in February next year.
The government has said that the issue related to the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) may be taken up by the 22nd law panel.
Justice KT Sankaran, Professor Anand Paliwal, Professor DP Verma, Professor Raka Arya and M Karunanithi have been appointed as members of the commission.

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