It is being constituted for a three-year term, that is, from 1st September, 2024 to 31st August, 2027.
23rd Law Commission
- Mandate: To review and recommend legal reforms to enhance the Indian legal system.
- Composition: It will include a full-time chairperson, four members, and additional ex-officio and part-time members.
Terms of Reference (ToR)
- Review/Repeal of obsolete laws:
- Create a Standard Operating Procedure for periodic review of existing laws for simplification.
- Based on the relevance, current economic needs, suggest repealing and amendments to the laws.
- Law and Poverty: Examine laws affecting the poor and conduct post-enactment audits of socio-economic legislation.
- Review of Judicial Administration:
- Ensure economic disposal of cases by elimination of delays and speedy clearance of arrears.
- Simplification of processes, harmonizing rules of various high courts.
- Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSPs):Examine existing laws and suggest reforms to ensure effective implementation of DPSPs and to attain the objectives set out in the Preamble.
- Gender Equality: Strengthen laws through examination and suggesting amendments.
- Revision of Central Acts to remove anomalies and inequities.
- Examine the impact of globalization on food security, unemployment and recommend measures for the protection of the marginalized.
Law Commission of India (LCI)
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