Law Commission of India. The First Law Commission of Independent India was established in 1955, with the then Attorney General of India, Mr. M.C. Setalvad as its Chairman. Since then, nineteen more Law Commissions were appointed, each with a three-year term and with different terms of reference. The names of Chairmen who presided over these Commissions are given below:- Second Law Commission 1958-61 Mr. Justice T. V. Venkatarama Aiyar. Third Law Commission 1961-64 Mr. Justice J. L. Kapur Fourth Law Commission 1964-68 Mr. Justice J. L. Kapur Fifth Law Commission 1968-71 Mr. K. V. K. Sundaram, I. C. S. Sixth Law Commission 1971-74 Mr. Justice Dr. P. B. Gajendragadkar Seventh Law Commission 1974-77 Mr. Justice Dr. P. B. Gajendragadkar Eighth Law Commission 1977-79 Mr. Justice H. R. Khanna Ninth Law Commission 1979-80 Mr. Justice P. V. Dixit Tenth Law Commission 1981-85 Mr. Justice K. K. Mathew Eleventh Law Commission 1985-88 Mr. Justice D. A. Desai Twelfth Law Commission 1988-91 Mr. Justice M. P. Thakkar Thirteenth Law Commission 1991-94 Mr. Justice K. N. Singh Fourteenth Law Commission 1995-97 Mr. Justice K Jayachandra Reddy Fifteenth Law Commission 1997-2000 Mr. Justice B. P. Jeevan Reddy Sixteenth Law Commission 2000-2001 2002-2003 Mr. Justice B. P. Jeevan Reddy Mr. Justice M. Jagannadha Rao Seventeenth Law Commission 2003-2006 Mr. Justice M. Jagannadha Rao Eighteenth Law Commission 2006-2009 Dr. Justice. AR. Lakshmanan Nineteenth Law Commission 2009-2012 Mr. Justice P.V. Reddi The Twentieth Law Commission, i.e. the present one, has been constituted with effect from September 1, 20012 for a term of three years upto August 31, 2015. However, the Chairman and Members, both full-time and part-time, of Twentieth Law Commission are yet to be nominated. #delhilegalclub
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