New Delhi: The Law Commission Chairman, Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, has resigned from the commission after a 17-month tenure as the chairperson of the commission and will take oath as one of the three judicial members of the Lokpal at 11 am today.
Justice Awasthi assumed his tenure in November 2022 as chairperson of the Law Commission of India, along with five members of the commission.
He gave his resignation to the Ministry of Law and Justice on Tuesday.The President of India recently appointed Justice Lingappa Swamy, Justice Sanjay Yadav and Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi as the judicial members of Lokpal.
Before the Law Commission, Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi was the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court from October 11, 2021, to July 2, 2022. He was a judge of the Allahabad High Court from April 13, 2009, to October 10, 2021.
The newly appointed Chairman, Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar, is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He has also served as the chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and Himachal Pradesh High Court and as a judge of the Bombay High Court.The anti-corruption body has been without a full-time chairperson since May 2022.
The Lokpal has jurisdiction over the central government to inquire into allegations of corruption against its public functionaries and for matters connected to corruption.
