In public discourses on family law reforms in India, the role of the Law Commission of India (“LCI”) is rarely discussed. As a government-appointed advisory body functioning under the Union Ministry for Law and Justice, its primary mandate is to conduct law research and make recommendations to the government on law reform. Due to its important role in bridging the gap between the written law and the changing contours of jurisprudence and societal perspectives, its reports and recommendations carry substantial normative value. Family law is an area of law with rampant gender-discriminatory provisions. Thus, it becomes imperative to examine the LCI’s recommendations for family law reform (and the rationale for the same) using the lens of gender. This article examines the LCI’s published work to assess whether, and to what extent, the LCI has been impactful in informing, influencing, and shaping gender-just family law reforms in India.