❖ The Centre has notified the constitution of the 23rd Law Commission.

❖ The term of the Commission will be for period of three years till 31st August 2027.

❖ The Commission will have a full-time chairperson and four full-time members including a member-secretary. 

❖ It will identify laws that have become obsolete and can be repealed, carry out audits of laws that affect the poor and give its views on any law.

❖ The 23rd Commission has been asked to examine the impact of globalisation on food security, unemployment and recommend measures for the protection of the interests of the marginalised.

❖ The chairperson and members could be serving judges of the Supreme Court or High Courts or “other category of persons”.

❖ Usually, the chairperson of the commission is a retired judge.

❖ The 22nd Law Commission was chaired by former Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi.

❖ The 22nd Law Commission’s term came to an end on August 31.