Agency overview
मंत्रालय विधी व न्याय विभाग महाराष्ट्र शासन
Seal of the State of Maharashtra
Building of Administrative Headquarters of Mumbai
Formed	1960; 65 years ago (1960)
Preceding agency	Department of Law and Judiciary
Jurisdiction	government of Maharashtra
Headquarters	Mantralaya, Mumbai
Annual budget	State budget of Government of Maharashtra
Minister responsible	Devendra Fadnavissince 14 August 2022 in charge, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Deputy Ministers responsible	Vacant, TBDsince 29 June 2022,Minister of State
Agency executives	-, Principal Secretary -, Joint Secretary -, Deputy Secretary

Minister of Law and Judiciary मंत्री विधी व न्याय
Seal of the State of Maharashtra
Incumbent Devendra Fadnavis Deputy Chief Minister since 14 August 2022 in charge
Ministry of Law and Judiciary
Style	The Honourable
Abbreviation	Cabinet Minister
Member of	State Cabinet
Reports to	Chief Minister, Maharashtra Legislature
Seat	Mantralaya, Mumbai
Appointer	Governor on the advice of theChief Minister
Term length	5 years
Precursor	Uddhav Thackeray (2019-2022)
Inaugural holder	Yashwantrao Chavan (1960-1962)
Formation	1 May 1960
Deputy	Vacant, TBDsince 29 June 2022

No.	Portrait	Minister (Constituency)	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Chief Minister
No.	Portrait	Minister (Constituency)	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Chief Minister
Minister of Law and Judiciary
01		Shantilal Shah (MLA forVile Parle Constituency No. 177- Mumbai Suburban District (Legislative Assembly)	01 May 1960	07 March 1962	1 year, 310 days	Indian National Congress	Yashwantrao I	Yashwantrao Chavan
02		S. K. Wankhede (MLA forSawargoan Constituency No. 49- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly)	08 March 1962	19 November 1962	256 days	Indian National Congress	Yashwantrao II	Yashwantrao Chavan
03		S. K. Wankhede (MLA forSawargoan Constituency No. 49- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly)	20 November 1962	24 November 1963	1 year, 4 days	Indian National Congress	Kannamwar l	Marotrao Kannamwar
04		P. K. Sawant (MLA forChiplun Constituency No. 265- Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Assembly) (Interim Chief Minister)	25 November 1962	04 December 1963	9 days	Indian National Congress	Sawant I	P. K. Sawant
05		Shantilal Shah (MLA forVile Parle Constituency No. 177- Mumbai Suburban District (Legislative Assembly)	05 December 1963	01 March 1967	3 years, 86 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao I	Vasantrao Naik
06		Vasantrao Naik (MLA forPusad Constituency No. 81- Yavatmal District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister)	01 March 1967	13 March 1972	5 years, 12 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao II
07		Pratibha Patil (MLA forJalgaon City Constituency No. 13- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly)	13 March 1972	21 February 1975	2 years, 345 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao III
09		Abdul Rahman Antulay (MLA forShrivardhan Constituency No. 193- Raigad District) (Legislative Assembly)	21 February 1975	17 May 1977	2 years, 85 days	Indian National Congress	Shankarrao I	Shankarrao Chavan
10		Husain Dalwai (MLA forRatnagiri Khed Constituency No. 266- Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Assembly)	17 May 1977	07 March 1978	1 year, 294 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada I	Vasantdada Patil
11		Ramrao Adik (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 05 - Ahmednagar District) (Legislative Council)	07 March 1978	18 July 1978	133 days	Indian National Congress (U)	Vasantdada II	Vasantdada Patil
12		Sharad Pawar (MLA forBaramati Constituency No. 201- Pune District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister)	18 July 1978	17 February 1980	1 year, 214 days	Indian Congress (Socialist)	Pawar I	Sharad Pawar
13		Babasaheb Bhosale (MLA forNehrunagar Constituency No. 172- Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Assembly)	09 June 1980	21 January 1982	1 year, 226 days	Indian National Congress	Antulay	Abdul Rahman Antulay
14		Babasaheb Bhosale (MLA forNehrunagar Constituency No. 172- Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister)	21 January 1982	02 February 1983	1 year, 12 days	Indian National Congress	Bhosale	Babasaheb Bhosale
15		Sudhakarrao Naik (MLA forPusad Constituency No. 81- Yavatmal District) (Legislative Assembly)	07 February 1983	05 March 1985	2 years, 26 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada III	Vasantdada Patil
16		Sushilkumar Shinde (MLA forSolapur City Central Constituency No. 249- Solapur District) (Legislative Assembly)	12 March 1985 1960	03 June 1985 1962	83 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada IV	Vasantdada Patil
17		Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (MLA forNilanga Constituency No. 238- Latur District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister)	03 June 1985	12 March 1986	282 days	Indian National Congress	Nilangekar	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
18		Sushilkumar Shinde (MLA forSolapur City Central Constituency No. 249- Solapur District) (Legislative Assembly)	12 March 1986	26 June 1988	2 years, 106 days	Indian National Congress	Shankarrao II	Shankarrao Chavan
19		Ramrao Adik (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 05 - Ahmednagar District) (Legislative Council)	26 June 1988	03 March 1990	1 year, 250 days	Indian National Congress	Pawar II	Sharad Pawar
20		Sushilkumar Shinde (MLA forSolapur City Central Constituency No. 249- Solapur District) (Legislative Assembly)	04 March 1990	25 June 1991	1 year, 113 days	Indian National Congress	Pawar III	Sharad Pawar
21		Sushilkumar Shinde (MLA forSolapur City Central Constituency No. 249- Solapur District) (Legislative Assembly)	25 June 1991	22 February 1993	1 year, 242 days	Indian National Congress	Sudhakarrao	Sudhakarrao Naik
22		Sharad Pawar (MLA forBaramati Constituency No. 201- Pune District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister)	06 March 1993	14 March 1995	2 years, 8 days	Indian National Congress	Pawar IV	Sharad Pawar
23		Liladhar Dake (MLA forBhandup Constituency No. 168- Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Assembly)	14 March 1995	31 January 1999	3 years, 323 days	Shiv Sena	Joshi	Manohar Joshi
24		Liladhar Dake (MLA forBhandup Constituency No. 168- Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Assembly)	01 February 1999	17 October 1999	258 days	Shiv Sena	Rane	Narayan Rane
25		Vilasrao Balkrishna Patil Undhalkar (MLA forKarad South Constituency No. 260- Satara District) (Legislative Assembly)	19 October 1999	16 January 2003	3 years, 88 days	Indian National Congress	Deshmukh I	Vilasrao Deshmukh
26		Sushilkumar Shinde (MLA forSolapur South Constituency No. 251- Solapur District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister)	18 January 2003	01 November 2004	1 year, 295 days	Indian National Congress	Sushilkumar	Sushilkumar Shinde
27		Vilasrao Deshmukh (MLA forLatur City Constituency No. 235- Latur District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister)	09 November 2004	01 December 2007	4 years, 22 days	Indian National Congress	Deshmukh II	Vilasrao Deshmukh
28		Ashok Chavan (MLA forBhokar Constituency No. 85- Nanded District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister)	08 December 2008	06 November 2009	333 days	Indian National Congress	Ashok I	Ashok Chavan
29		Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil (MLA forShirdi Constituency No. 218- Ahmednagar District) (Legislative Assembly)	07 November 2009	10 November 201p	1 year, 3 days	Indian National Congress	Ashok II	Ashok Chavan
30		Prithviraj Chavan (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 19 - Satara District) (Legislative Council) (Chief Minister)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days	Indian National Congress	Prithviraj	Prithviraj Chavan
31		Devendra Fadnavis (MLA forNagpur South West Constituency No. 52- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister)	31 October 2014	12 November 2019	5 years, 12 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Fadnavis I	Devendra Fadnavis
32		Devendra Fadnavis (MLA forNagpur South West Constituency No. 52- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister) (In Charge)	23 November 2019	28 November 2019	5 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Fadnavis II	Devendra Fadnavis
33		Uddhav Thackeray (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 25 - Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Council) (Chief Minister)	28 November 2019	30 December 2019	32 days	Shiv Sena	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
34		Uddhav Thackeray (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 25 - Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Council) (Chief Minister)	30 December 2019	29 June 2022	2 years, 181 days	Shiv Sena	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
35		Eknath Shinde (MLA forKopri-Pachpakhadi Constituency No. 147- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister) (In Charge)	30 June 2022	14 August 2022	45 days	Shiv Sena	Eknath	Eknath Shinde
36		Devendra Fadnavis (MLA forNagpur South West Constituency No. 52- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly) (Deputy Chief Minister)	14 August 2022	26 November 2024	2 years, 104 days	Shiv Sena	Eknath	Eknath Shinde
37		Devendra Fadnavis (MLA forNagpur South West Constituency No. 52- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief_Minister) In Charge	05 December 2024	Incumbent	357 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Fadnavis III	Devendra Fadnavis

No.	Portrait	Deputy Minister (Constituency)	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Minister	Chief Minister
No.	Portrait	Deputy Minister (Constituency)	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Minister	Chief Minister
Deputy Minister of Law and Judiciary
The Post of Deputy Minister / Minister of States has been kept Vacant from 23 November 2019 To 28 November 2019			23 November 2019	28 November 2019	5 days	NA	Fadnavis II	Devendra Fadnavis	Devendra Fadnavis
01		Aditi Tatkare (MLA forShrivardhan Constituency No. 193- Raigad District) (Legislative Assembly)	30 December 2019	29 June 2022	2 years, 181 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
The Post of Deputy Minister / Minister of States has been kept Vacant from 30 June 2022			30 June 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 150 days	NA	Eknath	Eknath Shinde (2022 - 2022) Devendra Fadnavis (2022 - Present)	Eknath Shinde

v t e State agencies ofMaharashtra
Ministries	Agriculture Co-operation Command Area Development Cultural Affairs Dairy Development Disaster Management Earthquake Rehabilitation Employment Guarantee Energy, New and Renewable Energy Environment and Climate Change Ex. Servicemen Welfare Finance Fisheries Department Food and Drug Administration Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Forests General Administration Public Health Higher and Technical Education Home Affairs Horticulture Housing Industries Information and Public Relations Information Technology Khar Land Development Labour Law and Judiciary Majority Welfare Development Marathi Language Marketing Medical Education Mining Department Minority Development and Aukaf Nomadic Tribes Other Backward Bahujan Welfare Other Backward Classes Parliamentary Affairs Planning Ports Development Protocol Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) Public Works (Public Undertakings) Relief & Rehabilitation Revenue Rural Development Sanitation School Education Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Social Justice Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Soil and Water Conservation Special Assistance Special Backward Classes Welfare Sports and Youth Welfare State Excise Textiles Transport Tribal Development Urban Development Vimukta Jati Water Resources Water Supply Woman and Child Development
Public sector undertakings	City and Industrial Development Corporation Food and Drug Administration Lokayukta Knowledge Corporation (MKCL) Electricity Board (MSEB) Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC)
Board	Maharashtra Pollution Control Board Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA)
Autonomous bodies	Information Commission Election Commission
Nodal agencies	Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA) Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) Pimpri-Chinchwad New Town Development Authority (PCNTDA) Nashik Metropolitan Region Development Authority (NMRDA)

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