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Minister of Law and Justice
विधि और न्याय मंत्री Vidhi Aur Nyāya Mantrī
Emblem of the Ministry of Law and Justice
Incumbent Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State (Independent Charge) since 18 May 2023 (2023-05-18)
Ministry of Law and Justice
Member of	Cabinet of India
Reports to	President of India Prime Minister of India Parliament of India
Appointer	President of India on the recommendation of thePrime Minister of India
Formation	15 August 1947 (1947-08-15)
First holder	B. R. Ambedkar
Deputy	Minister of State for Law and Justice

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Theminister of law and justice is the head of theMinistry of Law and Justice and one of thecabinet ministers of theGovernment of India. The first law and justice minister of independent India wasB. R. Ambedkar, who served infirst Nehru ministry during 1947–52. On 18 May 2023,Arjun Ram Meghwal replacedKiren Rijiju and became theminister of state (independent charge) ofMinistry of Law and Justice.^[1]^[2]

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Ever since the ministry's creation in 1947, the ministry had undergone several changes and adopted various name. The present form of "Ministry of Law and Justice" was adopted in July 2002 after theDepartment of Company Affairs of the erstwhile Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs was separated and made an independent ministry which was later known as the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

15 August 1947 – 18 March 1971: Minister of Law
18 March 1971 – 5 February 1973: Minister of Law and Justice
5 February 1973 – 31 October 1984: Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs
4 November 1984 – 21 June 1991: Minister of Law and Justice
21 June 1991 – 1 July 2002: Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs
1 July 2002 – present: Minister of Law and Justice

Cabinet ministers

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Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)

No.	Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
No.	Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Minister of Law
1		B. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956) MP forBombay	15 August 1947	11 October 1951	4 years, 57 days	Scheduled Castes Federation	Nehru I		Jawaharlal Nehru
2		Kailash Nath Katju (1887–1968) MP forUnited Provinces	5 November 1951	13 May 1952	190 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru I
3		Charu Chandra Biswas (1888–1960) Rajya Sabha MP forWest Bengal	13 May 1952	17 April 1957	4 years, 339 days		Nehru II
4		Ashoke Kumar Sen (1913–1996) MP forCalcutta North West (MoS until 12 May 1958)	18 April 1957	10 April 1962	8 years, 281 days		Nehru III
			10 April 1962	27 May 1964			Nehru IV
			27 May 1964	9 June 1964			Nanda I		Gulzarilal Nanda
			9 June 1964	11 January 1966			Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri
			11 January 1966	24 January 1966			Nanda II		Gulzarilal Nanda
5		Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896–1982) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 48 days		Indira I		Indira Gandhi
6		Panampilly Govinda Menon (1906–1970) MP forMukundapuram	13 March 1967	23 May 1970	3 years, 71 days		Indira II
7		Kengal Hanumanthaiah (1908–1980) MP forBangalore City	26 June 1970	18 March 1971	265 days		Indira II
Minister of Law and Justice
8		H. R. Gokhale (1915–1978) MP forMumbai North West	18 March 1971	5 February 1973	1 year, 324 days		Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs
(8)		H. R. Gokhale (1915–1978) MP forMumbai North West	5 February 1973	24 March 1977	4 years, 47 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
9		Shanti Bhushan (1925–2023) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh	26 March 1977	28 July 1979	2 years, 124 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai
10		Justice (Retd.) Hans Raj Khanna (1912–2008) Unelected	30 July 1979	3 August 1979	4 days	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan		Charan Singh
11		Shyam Nath Kacker (born unknown) Unelected	3 August 1979	14 January 1980	164 days	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan		Charan Singh
12		P. Shiv Shankar (1929–2017) MP forSecunderabad	14 January 1980	15 January 1982	2 years, 1 day	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
13		Jagannath Kaushal (1915–2001) MP forChandigarh	15 January 1982	31 October 1984	2 years, 290 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
Minister of Law and Justice
(13)		Jagannath Kaushal (1915–2001) MP forChandigarh	4 November 1984	31 December 1984	57 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv I		Rajiv Gandhi
(4)		Ashoke Kumar Sen (1913–1996) MP forCalcutta North West	31 December 1984	31 March 1987	2 years, 90 days		Rajiv II
(12)		P. Shiv Shankar (1929–2017) Rajya Sabha MP forGujarat	25 July 1987	14 February 1988	204 days
14		Bindeshwari Dubey (1921–1993) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar	14 February 1988	26 June 1988	133 days
15		B. Shankaranand (1925–2009) MP forChikkodi	25 June 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 160 days
16		Dinesh Goswami (1935–1991) Rajya Sabha MP forAssam	6 December 1989	10 November 1990	339 days	Asom Gana Parishad	Vishwanath		Vishwanath Pratap Singh
17		Subramanian Swamy (born 1939) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	212 days	Janata Party	Chandra Shekhar		Chandra Shekhar
Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs
18		Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (1920–2001) MP forKurnool	21 June 1991	9 October 1992	1 year, 110 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
–		P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MP forNandyal (Prime Minister)	9 October 1992	16 May 1996	3 years, 220 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
19		Ram Jethmalani (1923–2019) Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	16 days	Independent	Vajpayee I		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
20		P. Chidambaram (born 1945) MP forSivaganga	1 June 1996	29 June 1996	28 days	Tamil Maanila Congress	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda
21		Ramakant Khalap (born 1946) MP forPanaji (MoS, I/C)	29 June 1996	21 April 1997	1 year, 263 days	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	Deve Gowda		H. D. Deve Gowda
21		Ramakant Khalap (born 1946) MP forPanaji (MoS, I/C)	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	1 year, 263 days	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	Gujral		Inder Kumar Gujral
22		M. Thambidurai (born 1947) MP forKarur	19 March 1998	8 April 1999	1 year, 20 days.	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Vajpayee II		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
23		Rangarajan Kumaramangalam (1952–2000) MP forTiruchirappalli	9 April 1999	8 June 1999	60 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
(19)		Ram Jethmalani (1923–2019) Rajya Sabha MP forMaharashtra	8 June 1999	13 October 1999	1 year, 45 days	Independent
(19)			13 October 1999	23 July 2000	1 year, 45 days	Independent	Vajpayee III
24		Arun Jaitley (1952–2019) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh (MoS, I/C until 7 November 2000)	24 July 2000	1 July 2002	1 year, 342 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III
Minister of Law and Justice
25		Jana Krishnamurthi (1928–2007) Rajya Sabha MP forGujarat	1 July 2002	29 January 2003	212 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(24)		Arun Jaitley (1952–2019) Rajya Sabha MP forUttar Pradesh	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	1 year, 114 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
26		H. R. Bhardwaj (1939–2020) Rajya Sabha MP forMadhya Pradesh, until 2006 Rajya Sabha MP forHaryana, from 2006	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 364 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh
27		Veerappa Moily (born 1940) MP forChikballapur	28 May 2009	12 July 2011	2 years, 45 days		Manmohan II
28		Salman Khurshid (born 1953) MP forFarrukhabad	12 July 2011	28 October 2012	1 year, 108 days
29		Ashwani Kumar (born 1952) Rajya Sabha MP forPunjab	28 October 2012	11 May 2013	348 days
30		Kapil Sibal (born 1948) MP forChandni Chowk	11 May 2013	26 May 2014	1 year, 15 days
31		Ravi Shankar Prasad (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar	27 May 2014	9 November 2014	167 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi
32		D. V. Sadananda Gowda (born 1953) MP forBangalore North	9 November 2014	5 July 2016	1 year, 239 days
(31)		Ravi Shankar Prasad (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar, till 2019 MP forPatna Sahib, from 2019	5 July 2016	30 May 2019	5 years, 2 days
(31)			31 May 2019	7 July 2021	5 years, 2 days		Modi II
33		Kiren Rijiju (born 1971) MP forArunachal West	7 July 2021	18 May 2023	1 year, 315 days
34		Arjun Ram Meghwal (born 1953) MP forBikaner (MoS, I/C)	18 May 2023	9 June 2024	2 years, 192 days
34		Arjun Ram Meghwal (born 1953) MP forBikaner (MoS, I/C)	10 June 2024	Incumbent	2 years, 192 days		Modi III

Ministers of state

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No.	Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
No.	Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Minister of State for Law
1		Hari Vinayak Pataskar (1892–1970) MP forJalgaon (Minister of Legal Affairs, from 23 August 1955)	7 December 1954	16 April 1957	2 years, 130 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru II		Jawaharlal Nehru

2		Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis (1908–1976) MP forBhandara	29 October 1965	11 January 1966	74 days	Indian National Congress	Shastri		Lal Bahadur Shastri

3		C. R. Pattabhiraman (1906–2001) MP forKumbakonam	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	1 year, 48 days	Indian National Congress	Indira I		Indira Gandhi
4		Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912–1979) MP forGuntur	13 March 1967	18 March 1967	5 days	Indian National Congress	Indira II

5		Phulrenu Guha (1912–2006) Rajya Sabha MP forWest Bengal	14 February 1969	26 June 1970	1 year, 132 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II
6		Jagannath Rao (1909–?) MP forChatrapur	27 June 1970	18 March 1971	264 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira II
Minister of State for Law and Justice
7		Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary (1909–1988) MP forNarmadapuram	18 March 1971	5 February 1973	1 year, 324 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Law, Justice and Company Affairs
(7)		Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary (1909–1988) MP forNarmadapuram	5 February 1973	17 October 1974	1 year, 254 days	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III		Indira Gandhi
8		Dajisaheb Chavan (1916–1973) MP forKarad	5 February 1973	8 July 1973 (died in office)	153 days
9		Sarojini Mahishi (1927–2015) MP forDharwad North	10 October 1974	3 January 1976	1 year, 85 days

10		V. A. Seyid Muhammad Rajya Sabha MP forKerala	25 December 1975	24 March 1977	1 year, 89 days

11		Narsingh Yadav MP forChandauli	14 August 1977	11 July 1978	331 days	Janata Party	Desai		Morarji Desai

12		S. D. Patil MP forErandol	20 February 1979	28 July 1979	158 days

13		A. A. Rahim (1920–1995) MP forChirayinkil	15 January 1982	2 September 1982	230 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV		Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Law and Justice
14		H. R. Bhardwaj (1939–2020) Rajya Sabha MP forMadhya Pradesh	31 December 1984	2 December 1989	4 years, 336 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rajiv II		Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of State for Law, Justice and Company Affairs
15		Rangarajan Kumaramangalam (1952–2000) MP forSalem	21 June 1991	2 September 1992	1 year, 73 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao
(14)		H. R. Bhardwaj (1939–2020) Rajya Sabha MP forMadhya Pradesh	2 September 1992	16 May 1996	3 years, 257 days	Indian National Congress (I)	Rao		P. V. Narasimha Rao

16		O. Rajagopal (born 1929) Rajya Sabha MP forMadhya Pradesh	13 October 1999	24 July 2000	285 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of State for Law and Justice
17		Ravi Shankar Prasad (born 1954) Rajya Sabha MP forBihar	1 July 2002	29 January 2003	212 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III		Atal Bihari Vajpayee

18		P. C. Thomas (born 1950) MP forMuvattupuzha	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	364 days	Kerala Congress
19		K. Venkatapathy (born 1946) MP forCuddalore	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 364 days	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Manmohan I		Manmohan Singh

20		P. P. Chaudhary (born 1953) MP forPali	5 July 2016	30 May 2019	2 years, 329 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I		Narendra Modi

21		S. P. Singh Baghel (born 1960) MP forAgra	7 July 2021	18 May 2023	1 year, 315 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi II

References

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^"Arjun Ram Meghwal is the New Union Law Minister, Kiren Rijiju Moves to Earth Sciences Ministry".News18. 18 May 2023. Retrieved18 May 2023.
^"Kiren Rijiju Replaced As Law Minister, Shifted To Earth Sciences".NDTV.com. Retrieved18 May 2023.

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