♦ Former Supreme Court judge Dinesh Maheshwari was appointed Chairperson of the 23rd Law Commission on 15 April 2025.

♦ The 23rd law panel was set up on 2024 September 3 for a period of three years.

♦ Advocate Hitesh Jain and Professor D P Verma have been appointed full-time members.

♦ Verma was part of the previous law commission too.

♦ According to its terms of reference, the commission is also tasked with examining whether a uniform civil code can be introduced in the country.

♦ Justice Maheshwari retired from the Supreme Court in May 2023.

♦ He took oath as judge of Rajasthan High Court in September 2004 and was transferred to Allahabad High Court in July 2014.

♦ He became the chief justice of the Meghalaya High Court in February 2016 and then the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court in February 2018.

♦ He took oath as a judge of the Supreme Court in January 2019 and demitted office on May 14, 2023.