The Law Commission
of India, which has forwarded 183 reports to the Government of
India so far on various issues in the field of legal reforms during
the last five decades, has placed 182 reports on its website http://lawcommissionofindia.nic.in
, containing a comprehensive information about the Commission,
the list of its reports and their full contents.
Out of the seven
latest reports that the Commission has forwarded to the Government
recently, six reports have been placed on its website. These reports
are : 177th report on law relating to arrest, 178th
report on recommendations for amending various enactments, both
civil and criminal, 179th report on public interest
disclosure and protection of informers, 180th report
on Article 20(3) of the Constitution of India and Right to Silence,
181st report on Amendment to Section 106 of the Transfer
of Property Act, 1882 and 182nd report on Amendment
to Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The 183rd
report on a Continuum on the General Clauses Act, 1897 with a
special reference to the admissibility and codification of external
aids to interpretation of statutes, which is yet to be laid in
the Parliament, is still confidential and will be posted in the
website as soon as it is laid in the Parliament.
All the 182 reports
of the Law Commission, which have been put on its website, are
easily accessible to all as well as downloadable.
Earlier on October
17, 2002, the Union Minister of Law and Justice, Shri K. Jana
Krishnamurthi had released a bunch of three CD-ROMs containing
176 reports of the Commission, which are priced at Rs. 450/- and
obtainable from the National Informatics Centre (NIC) marketing
unit at CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi as also from the office
of the Law Commission of India on the 7th floor, ‘A’
Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi.
The reports of the
Law Commission are well considered and well researched. They are
very useful to students, academics, lawyers, judges, corporate
sector and management professionals.
