The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice, headed by Rajya Sabha member and senior BJP leader Sushil Modi, expressed its disappointment over the “snail’s pace” in appointment of chairperson and members of the Law Commission.
The report, tabled in both Houses of Parliament on Thursday, questioned the delay in appointing the chairperson and members of the Law Commission, a body that advises the government on complex legal matter including a previous reference to the Uniform Civil Code.
The Committee noted that the body whose full tenure is three years is now in its third without the appointments. The report said that the chairperson and members of the Law Commission of India (LCI) should now be appointed for a full-term of three years, instead of the remaining period from the date of constitution of the LCI for a “meaningful tenure and functioning”.
