The central government has constituted Law Commission of India after a gap of four years and appointed former Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi as its chairperson. The other five members of the panel include former Kerala High Court judge Justice K T Sankaran, M Karunanithi, and law professors Anand Paliwal, D P Verma, and Raka Arya.
The last Law Commission to function was under the chairmanship of Justice BS Chauhan who retired as chairperson of the 21st Law Commission in August 2018.
