Kerala Law Reforms commission to be set up

Thiruvananthapuram: The State government Wednesday gave nod for the constitution of Kerala Law Reforms Commission with former Supreme Court Judge K T Thomas as Chairman.

The decision in this regard was taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

K Shashidharan Nair is the Vice Chairman, Dr N K Jaykumar, Advocate M K Damodaran, former Advocate General and Lissamma are members of the commission, government said in a press release here.

The commission will examine the present laws and bring in reforms as per changing times, do away with archaic laws and if new laws are to be framed conduct studies for the same and make recommendations.