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{{Infobox Government agency<br />
|agency_name = Department of Law (Tamil Nadu)<br />
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|jurisdiction = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
|headquarters = [[Chennai]]<br />
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|minister1_name = [[S. Regupathy]]<br />
|minister1_pfo = Minister for Law Department<br />
|chief1_name = S. George Alexander, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<br />
|chief1_position = Secretary to Government <br />
|parent_agency = [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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The '''Department of Law''' is one of the [[Tamil Nadu Government's Departments|departments]] of [[Government of Tamil Nadu]].<br />
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== Objective ==<br />
The basic objectives of the department are to prepare draft bills to implement policy decision of the government, action to publish laws/acts after passage in the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly]], advise on legal issues referred to it by all the departments, response to statutory rules, notifications and orders wherein the state government are a party and litigation on behalf of the government.<ref name="Gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.tn.gov.in/department/179|title=Law department|publisher=[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.tn.gov.in/rti/proactive/law/handbook_law.pdf|title=Handbook of law|publisher=[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref><br />
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== Sub-divisions==<br />
The following sub-divisions operate under the department:<ref>{{cite report|url=https://cms.tn.gov.in/sites/default/files/documents/law_e_pn_2023_24.pdf|title=Department of law, policy note 2023-24|publisher=[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref><br />
;Sub-departments<br />
* Directorate of Legal Studies<br />
* State Official Language Department<br />
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;Undertakings and bodies<br />
* Tamil Nadu State National Law School<br />
* [[Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University]] (TNDALU)<br />
* Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority<br />
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== Ministers ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|+ Ministers of Law (Tamilnadu)<br />
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"<br />
! Name<br />
! colspan="2"|Term of office<br />
|-<br />
| [[Durai Murugan]]<br />
| 2006<br />
| 2011<br />
|-<br />
| [[S. P. Velumani]]<br />
| 2011<br />
| 2013<br />
|-<br />
| [[K. P. Munusamy]]<br />
| 2013<br />
| 2016<br />
|-<br />
| [[C. V. Shanmugam]]<br />
| 2016<br />
| 2021<br />
|-<br />
| [[S. Regupathy]]<br />
| 2021-2025<br />
|-<br />
|} Durai Murugan<br />
2025- Present<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
* [[Tamil Nadu Government's Departments]]<br />
* [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)]]<br />
* [[Tamil Nadu Government Laws & Rules]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links ==<br />
* [https://www.tn.gov.in/department/19 Official website of the Law Department]<br />
* [https://www.tn.gov.in Official website of Government of Tamil Nadu]<br />
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{{Government of Tamil Nadu}}<br />
{{Government Departments of Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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[[Category:Government departments of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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