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Government of India
Ministry of Law & Justice
Department of Legal AfTairs
Law Commission of India

2nd & 4rh Floor. Lok Nayak Bhawan,

Khan Market. New Delhi-l 10003

Date: - 04.06.2025

CIRCI.]I-AR
Empanelment for l2 Legal Consultants in the office of the Law Commission of India,
Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India, Lok Nayak Bhawan, 'B' Wing,2nd and 4rt
Floor, Khan Market, New Delhi-110003.

The Law Commission of India invites application for empanelment of twelve (12) Legal
Consultants on contract basis to assist the Commission in its broad based research and allied
works. The Law Commission of India will avail the services ofsuitable candidates by engaging
them on the basis oftheir research skills and project related expertise, ifany, which is relevant to
the terms of reference of the Law Commission of India (the Commission).

2. Interested and eligible candidates may submit applications in prescribed format

(Annexure - I) within l5 days of publication of this advertisement. Applications with relevant
enclosures should be scanned and sent only through email to !@[email protected]. Only those
applications will be considered that will be received via email and within prescribed time limit.

3. Though earlier an advertisement was issued on l5th April, 2025 for engagement of six (6)
Legal Consultants, the need for engagement of more Legal Consultants in terms ofreference of
the Commission is felt and while engaging Legal Consultants. it is also considered desirable that
appropriate provision for reservation be made. Therefore, in partial supersession of the circular
dated l5th April. 2025, the Law Commission of India invites application for empanelment of
twelve ( l2) Legal Consultants on contract basis.

4. In relation to applications made in response to the Advertisement dated I 5th April, 2025,
it is provided that those candidates shall also be included in this selection process of twelve ( l2)
Legal Consultants, provided they submit fresh application in the prescribed format to present
advenisement, as per Annexure I appended to this advertisement*.

5. In this empanelment, the position ofLegal Consultant shall be reserved in the following
manner:

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* The candidates, who have sent th€ir applications pursuant to advertisement dated l5 April,
2025, are also required to send their application in revised proforma and they may send their
application in the format appended to this advertisement as a trailing mail to the email earlier
sent by them.

6. The Terms and conditions for engagement as Legal Consultant are given
below.
 Terms and Conditions for enpasement as Lesal Consultant at
Law Commission of India

Sr. No. Name of the Post Legal Consultant

I Period of Consultancy Initially for 0l (One Year) The contract

can be extended further depending on
satisfactory performance of the Legal
Consultants. The contract may be
terminated on one month's notice from
either side or on payment of one month's
Consultancy fee in lieu thereof.
Unauthorized absence may lead to
termination of the engagement.

2 Nature of Duties (a) Research and documentation work

(b) Any other responsibilities assigned by

Law Commission of India
3 Job Location Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market,
New Delhi
I Qualifi cation/ Essential The applicant,
Criteria (a) should be an Indian national.
(b) should possess LLB degree from any
recognized University on the date of
advertisement.
(c) should have good research skills.
(d) Should have good skills in English
speaking and writing.
(e) should have good knowledge in
computers for preparing documents.
PPT presentations, and usage of excel
datasheets etc.

5 Age Limit Applicant should not be more than 32

years ofage as on 30.04.2025 and
should produce a fitness certificate of
good health approved by Recognized
Medical Practitioner
6 Desirable Criteria Preference shall be given to the
persons having LLM degree, research
experience, published papers in Legal
field
7 Consultancy Fees & (a) A Legal Consultant will be paid an
entitlements Consultancy fee of Rs. 60,000/- per
month (Fixed). The amount of
consultancy fee so fixed shall remain
unchanged during the term of
engagement.
(b) The engagement will be strictly
contractual and will not confer any other
benefits to the selected candidates.
(c) The Legal consultant shall not be
entitled to any benefit like Provident
Fund, Pension, Gratuity, Medical
Attendance Treatment, Seniority,
Promotion etc. or any other benefit
available to the regular
employees of the Ministry.
(d) No HRA shall be admissible.
(e) Engagement of the Legal Consultants is
on fulltime basis. Normal working hours
will be from 0900 to 1730 hrs. Working
hours is subject to change from time to
time. S aturdays/S unday s will remain
closed as weekend off. In exigencies,
he/she may be required to work beyond
office hour and no additional Consultancy
fee for such work is not admissible. He/
She shall not accept other professional
appointment, paid or otherwise
undertake regular classes for any
courses during the term of engagement
with Commission.
(f)The appointee will be entitled to 08
Casual Leaves and 02 Restricted Holidays
for the contract period. Leave would not be
allowed for more than 05 Days at a
time. Discretion is reserved to the Head
of Department to refuse or revoke leave
in the public interest. Leave encashment
will not be permissible on unspent leave.
Unspent leave will lapse on the
termination of contract or premature
termination of consultancy. No other
leave of any kind shall be admissible to
him/her. In case he/she remains absent
from duty beyond entitled leave, a
proportionate deduction from the
consultancy fee as applicable will be made.
 will be required to
(g)The selected persons
enter into acontract with the Law
Commission of India in a prescribed
format w.e.f. from the actual date of
engagement Consultant.
as
lt Process of Selection The Selection shall be made on the basis
of the recommendation of the selection
committee to be constituted by the
Commission.
9 Prohibition of Sexual (a) During the performance of the
Exploitation and Abuse Consultancy Contract, the Legal
Consultants shall comply *'ith the
"Sexual Harassment of Women at
Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and
Redressal)Act, 2013" and any
amendment in the law made
consequently read with any rules or
regulations issued in this regard by
Government of India.
(b) Violation of the said provisions will
constitute a breach of the terms of the
Consultancy Contract and will anract
penal provisions, including the
termination of the contract. In addition,
nothing herein shall limit the right of
LCI to refer any alleged breach of the
foregoing standards of conduct to the
relevant Statutory authorities for
appropriate legal action.
l0 Title Rights, (a) Title to any equipment and supplies
Copyrights. Patents and that may be fumished by Law
Other Proprietary Rights Commission of India to the Legal
Consultant for the performance of any
obligations under the Consultancy
Contract shall rest with Law
Commission of India, and any such
equipment shall be retumed to Law
Commission of India at the conclusion
of the Consultancy Contract or when
no longer needed by such Legal
Consultant . Such equipment, when
retumed to Law Commission of India,
should be in the same condition in
which it was delivered to the Legal
Consultant , subiect to normal wear
 and tear, and the Legal Consultant
shall be liable to compensate Law
Commission of India for any damage
or degradation ofthe equipment that is
beyond normal u'ear and tear.
(b) Law Commission of India shall be
entitled to all intellectual property and
other proprietary rights, including, but
not limited to,
(i) patents, copyrights and
trademarks, with regard to
products, processes, inventions,
ideas, know-how or documents
and other materials which the
Legal Consultant has developed
for Law Commission of India
under the Consultancy Contract
and which bear a direct relation to
or are produced or prepared or
collected in consequence of, or
during the course of, the
performance of the Consultancy
Contract, and the Legal
Consultant acknowledges
(ii) and agrees that such products,
documents and other materials
constitute works made during the
engagement for Law Commission
of India.
(c) Subject to the loregoing provisions.
all maps, drawings, photographs,
mosaics. plans. reports. estimates.
recommendations, documents and
all other data compiled by or
received by the Legal Consultant
under the Consultancy Contract or
as result of such Consultancy
Contract shall be the property of
Law Commission of India that shall
be made available for use or
inspection by Law Commission of
India at reasonable times and in
reasonable places.
 (d) Such material shall be treated as
confidential and shall be delivered
only to Law Commission of India's
authorized officials on completion
of work under the Consultancy
Contract
ll Confidential Nature of (a) The Legal Consultant shall be subject
Documents and to the provisions of the Indian
Information Officials Secrets Act. 1923.
(b) The Legal Consultant shall not,
except with the previous sanction of
Law Commission of India or in the
bona fide discharge of their duties,
publish a book or a compilation of
articles or participate in TV/ Radio
broadcast/ Social Media or
contribute an article or write a letter
in any newspapers or periodical
either in their own niune or
anonymously or pseudonymously in
the name ofany other person, if such
book, article, broadcast or letter
relates to subject matter assigned to
them by Law Commission of India.
(c) The Legal Consultant is prohibited
lrom sharing any material that was
created as part of the Consultancy or
received during his/her engagement
at the Commission from external
agencies or from within Law
Commission of India.
(d) In the event of premature termination
or completing the Consultancy
Contract, the Legal Consultant shall
duly handover all related documents,
communications. reports etc to the
reporting officer, while, the
obligations of the provisions of the
Official Secret Act, 1923 shall
remain effective for all Legal
Consultants.
t2 Use of Name" Emblem The Legal Consultant shall not
or Official Seal ofThe advertise or otherwise make public for
purposes of commercial advantage that
 Law Commission of a contractual relationship exists with
India Law Commission of India, nor shall the
Legal Consultant, in any manner
whatsoever, use the name, emblem or
offrcial seal of Law Commission of
India, or any abbreviation of the name
of Law Commission of India, in
connection with any business or
otherwise without the written
permission of Law Commission of
India. The violation of this condition
shall anract relevant penal provisions as
well as termination of Contract.
l3 Insurance The Legal Consultant shall be solely
responsible for taking out and for
maintaining adequate insurance
required to meet any oftheir obligations
under the Consultancy Contract, as well
as for arranging, at their ov!'n expense,
such as life, health and other forms of
insurance as the Legal Consultant as
they may consider appropriate to cover
the period during which they are
engaged.
t4 Travel, Medical (a) Law Commission of India may require
Clearance and Service the Legal Consultant to submit a
incurred Death, Injury Statement of Good Health from
or illness regislered physician prior to
commencement of work in any offices
or premises of Law Commission of
India.
(b) In the event of the death, injury or
illness ofany Legal Consultant which
is attributable to the performance of
engagement on behalf of Law
Commission of India under the terms
of the Consultancy Contract while the
Legal Consultant is traveling at the
expense of Law Commission of India
or is performing any responsibilities
under the Consultancy Contract in any
offices or premises of Law
Commission of India or Government
of India, the Legal Consultant or the
 Legal Consultant's dependents, as
appropriate, shall not be entitled to any
compensation
l5 Force Majeure and other (a) Force majeure as used heretn means
conditions any unforeseeable and irresistible act
of nature, any act of war (whether
declared or invasion, not), revolution,
insurrection, or any other acts of a
similar nature or force, provided that
such acts arise from causes beyond the
control and rvithout the fault or
negligence of any Legal Consultant.
(b) The Legal Consultants acknowledge
and agree that, with respect to any
obligations under the
Consultancy
Contract that they must perform in or
for any areas in which Law
Commission of India is engaged in,
preparing to engage in, or disengaging
from any peacekeeping, humanitarian
or similar operations. Any delay or
failure to perform such obligations
arising from or relating to harsh
conditions within such areas or to any
incidents of civil unrest occurring in
such areas shall not, in and of itself,
constitute force maieure under the
Consultancy Contract.
t6 Termination (a) The Law Commission of India
can terminate the Consultancy
Contractat any time without prior
notice and without providing any
reason for it.
(b) However, in the normal course,
Law Commission of India will provide
one month's notice to the Individual
Consultant. The Legal Consultant can
also seek for termination of the
Consultancy Contract upon giving one
month's notice to the Law Commission
of India.
t7 Conllict of Intercst The Legal Consultant shall be expected
to follow all the rules and regulations of
t}re Govemment of India which are in
force. They will be expected to display
utmost honesty, secrecy of offrce and
sincerity while discharging their duties.
In case the services of any Legal
Consultant are not found satisfactory
or found in conflict with the interests of
the Law Commission of
India/Govemment of India, his/her
engagement will be liable for
discontinuation without assigning any
reason.
l8 Review of performance The Legal Consultant will be subjected
to review of their performance after
every t\4'o months.

/? Jatin Kumar

(Section Officer)
 Annexure -l

The persons who fulfil the eligibility conditions after going through the details ofscope
of work and terms and conditions and other details may apply in the prescribed format as
given below

Format of Application

l. Name :

2. Father's /Husband's Name :

3. Date of Birth :

4. Age (as on 30.04.2025) :

5. Whether the candidate is member of Schedule Caste/ Schedule Tribe/ Other

Backward Class (Non-creamy layer)
Please specifu :

6. Address of Correspondence :

7. Permanent Address :

8. Contact No. Mobile

Email id

9. Educational qualification (ln reverse order, starting from the latest):

Sr. No Degree/Course Date of Subjects University Percentage/CGPA

Passing

10. Experience

Sr. No Name of Duties Duration

enrployer/organi zation Performed

I 1. List ofrelevant legal research and publications:

Place : Signature:

Date Name:

**Signed application may only be sent through online mode, i.e to email id :

[email protected]