dipak misra has been appointed as the chairman of the 21st law commission of india.
dipak misra has been appointed as the chairman of the 21st law commission of india.
who has been appointed as the chairman of the 21st law commission of india?
dipak misra
justice balbir singh chauhan, a former judge of the supreme court was appointed chairman of the 21st law commission on 10 march. this post was lying vacant since september 2015. 66-year old justice chauhan is currently heading the cauvery river water disputes tribunal. one of the key issues pending before the law commission is a call on amending the indian penal code (ipc) amid allegations of abuse and arbitrary use of the law.









































section::::evolution of law commission in india.
law commission of india
the first law commission was established during the british raj era in 1834 by the "charter act of 1833".it was presided by lord macaulay after that, three more commissions were established in pre-independent india. the first law commission of independent india was established in 1955 for a three-year term. since then, twenty one more commissions have been established. the 20th law commission was established in 2013 under the chairmanship of supreme court judge, d.k jain. its tenure was fixed till 2015. the 21st law commission under justice b.s. chauhan(retd.) was established in 2015, and had tenure to august 31st 2018. the terms of reference of the law commission include the review and repeal of obsolete laws, the examination of existing laws & the revision of central acts of general importance. in november 2013, the centre appointed former chief justice of delhi high court justice ajit prakash shah as the new chairman of the 20th law commission of india in place of d.k jain who has taken over as president national consumer disputes redressal commission, shah has a three-year tenure and has been saddled with a wide terms of reference including one to examine existing laws from the gender equality perspective and suggest necessary amendments.
law commission of india