23rd Law Commission of India

Recently, the union government has set up the 23rd Law Commission for three years to carry out audits of laws.

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Key Highlights

• The 23rd Law Commission will comprise a full-time Chairperson, four members, and additional ex-officio and part-time members.
• The commission will review and recommend legal reforms to improve the Indian legal system.

 

Objective

• To identify outdated laws that can be repealed.
• To create Standard Operating Procedures (SoP) for periodic review of laws.

 

About Law Commission of India

• It is a non-statutory body constituted by the union government from time to time.
• Objective: It aims to help the government, review the functioning of laws, suggest the repealing of obsolete legislation and make recommendations to the government.
• The recommendations of the law commission are advisory in nature and not binding on the government.
• It works as an advisory body to the Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India.