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Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi takes charge as the new Chairman, Law Commission of India

Justice Rituraj Awasthi

New Delhi: Ritu Raj Awasthi, Retired Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, takes charge as the new Chairman of Law Commission of India. 

Justice Awasthi took over as CJ of the Karnataka High Court in October 2021, and retired in July this year.

The central government on Monday appointed chairperson and members of the Law Commission over two and a half years after it was constituted.

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.

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