NewDelhi : Former Supreme Court judge Balbir Singh Chauhan was on Thursday appointed Chairman of the 21st Law Commission, a post lying vacant since last September. “Govt. appoints Dr Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan, SC judge, as Chairman, 21st Law Commission,” Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda tweeted. Justice Chauhan (66) is currently heading the Cauvery River Water Disputes Tribunal. A judge of the Supreme Court from May 2009 to July 2014, he also served as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court from July 2008 to May 2009.
The post of the Chairman was lying vacant since last September. Justice Ravi R Tripathi (62), a former judge of the Gujarat High Court, has been appointed as member of the law panel. He retired as judge last May.
@ Agency report.
