New Delhi: Retired High Court Chief Justice Rituraj Awasthi has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Law Commission of India, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju informed on Monday.

“The Central Govt is pleased to appoint Justice Rituraj Awasthi, Retired HC Chief Justice as Chairperson, Law Commission of India and Justice KT Sankaran, Prof. Anand Paliwal, Prof. DP Verma, Prof.(Dr) Raka Arya and Shri M. Karunanithi as Members of the Commission,” Minister Rijiju tweeted.

The Law Panel has been lying vacant since the retirement of former Supreme Court Judge Justice B.S. Chauhan in 2018.

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.

Justice Rituraj Awasthi was a Judge of the Allahabad High Court and retired on July 2 this year as the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court.