Retired Karnataka HC Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi appointed chairperson of 22nd Law Commission
New Delhi: Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, retired Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, has been appointed the chairperson of the Law Commission by the Central government.
Justice Awasthi is the chairperson of the 22nd Law Commission, which is being constituted after four years.
Former Kerala High Court judge Justice K T Sankaran, Prof Anand Paliwal, Prof D P Verma, Prof Raka Arya and Shri M Karunanithi have been appointed members of the Commission, reported Bar and Bench.
Justice Awasthi had been in spotlight recently for heading the Karnataka High Court bench that upheld the government decision to prohibit wearing hijab in educational institutes.
Following his graduation in Law from the Lucknow University in 1986, Justice Awasthi worked as an advocate from February 1987. He was made Additional Judge of the Allahabad High Court in April, 2009 and permanent judge in December 2020.
He was appointed Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court in October 2021 and retired in early July this year.
Justice B S Chauhan retired as chairperson of the 21st Law Commission in August 2018.
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Karnataka Health Dept bars leave for staff amid ASHA workers’ strike starting Aug 12
Bengaluru, Aug 11 (PTI): In response to a planned three-day strike by ASHA workers starting August 12, the Karnataka Health Department on Monday issued a notice prohibiting all officers and staff from taking leave during the protest period, except in cases of medical emergencies.
Accredited Social Health Activists workers are demanding the fixed honorarium of Rs 10,000 promised by the state government in January. They have announced a continuous state-level protest from August 12 to 14.
The notice stated, “Information about ASHA workers absent from duty within district limits will be collected daily from primary health centres, compiled at the district level, and submitted to the commissionerate by 3 pm during the protest.”
The Health Department also urged community health officers, primary health protection officers, health inspectors, and Anganwadi workers to cooperate in ensuring that health services to the public remain uninterrupted.
