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1. The Ministry of Law and Justice (Department of Legal Affairs), vide its Resolution, dated the 22 February, 2000.
2. The other members of the Commission were: B.P. Jeevan Reddy (Chairman of the Law Commission), R.S. Sarkaria (former judge of the Supreme Court), K. Punnayya (former judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court), Soli Sorabjee (Attorney-General of India), K. Parasaran (former Attorney-General of India), Subhash Kashyap (former Secretary-General of Lok Sabha), C.R. Irani (Chief Editor and MD of the Statesman), Abid Hussain (former Ambassador of India to the USA), Smt. Sumitra Kulkarni (former MP) and P.A. Sangma (former Speaker of the Lok Sabha). P.A. Sangma resigned three months before the submission of the report by the Commission.
3. The Commission was asked to complete its work and make recommendations within one year. After three extensions, the Commission submitted its report on March 31, 2002. This report is a bulky one, containing 1,979 pages in two-volumes. Volume I contains its recommendations while Volume II (divided in Books 1, 2 and 3) consists of detailed consultation papers,
background papers, details of deliberations and the report of its drafting and editorial committee.
4. Report of the Commission, Volume I, Chapter 1.
5. Report of the Commission, Volume I, Chapter 2.
6. Ibid.
7. Chapters 3 to 10 in Volume I of the Report of the Commission contains the detailed area-wise recommendations. The summary of recommendations is given in Chapter 11 of the Report.
8. At present, it is a Directive Principle under Article 39-A.
9. The Government of India appointed the committee "to operationalise the suggestions to teach Fundamental Duties to the citizens of India” in the year 1998 under the chairmanship of Justice J.S. Verma. The Committee submitted its report in October 1999.
10. The Commission was deeply divided on this issue and because of this, P.A. Sangma left the Commission.
11. Report of the Commission, Volume I, Chapter 1.