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The '''Minister of Law and Justice''' is the head of the [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Ministry of Law and Justice]] and one of the [[Cabinet minister (India)|cabinet ministers]] of the [[Government of India]]. The first Law and Justice minister of independent India was [[B. R. Ambedkar]], who served in [[first Nehru ministry]] during 1947–52. [[Kiren Rijiju]] is the current Law and Justice minister of India.
The '''Minister of Law and Justice''' is the head of the [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Ministry of Law and Justice]] and one of the [[Cabinet minister (India)|cabinet ministers]] of the [[Government of India]]. The first Law and Justice Minister of independent India was [[B. R. Ambedkar]], who served in [[first Nehru ministry]] during 1947–52. [[Kiren Rijiju]] is currently the [[Minister of Law and Justice|Cabinet Minister of Law and Justice]] of India.


==List of Law & Justice Ministers==
==List of Law & Justice Ministers==
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|-
|-
!No.
!No.
! Portrait
! Name
! Name
! Portrait
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan=2|Term of office
!Prime Minister
! colspan=2| Party
! colspan=2| Party
! Prime Minister
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|1
|1
| [[B. R. Ambedkar]]<ref>[http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/a.pdf RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: A]</ref>
| [[File:Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar.jpg|98x98px]]
| [[File:Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar.jpg|50px]]
| [[B. R. Ambedkar]]
| 26 January 1950
| 15 August 1947
| 11 October 1951
| 11 October 1951
| rowspan=9|[[Indian National Congress]]
|{{Ayd|15 august 1947|11 october 1951}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=9|
| rowspan="4" |[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| rowspan=4|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| rowspan=1|[[Republican Party of India|Scheduled Castes Federation]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party of India}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|2
|2
|[[File:Kailash Nath Katju.jpg|110x110px]]
| [[Kailash Nath Katju]]
| [[Kailash Nath Katju]]
|
| 5 November 1951
| 05 November 1951
| 13 May 1952
| 13 May 1952
|{{Ayd|5 november 1951|13 may 1952}}
| rowspan=8|[[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=8|
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|3
|3
| [[Charu Chandra Biswas]]<ref>[http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/b.pdf RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: B]</ref>
|
|
| [[Charu Chandra Biswas]]
| 13 May 1952
| 13 May 1952
| 17 April 1957
| 17 April 1957
|{{Ayd|13 may 1952|17 april 1957}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
| rowspan="2" |4
| rowspan="2" |4
| rowspan=2|[[Ashoke Kumar Sen]]<ref name=s>[http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/s.pdf RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: ]</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Ashokesen1.JPG|75x75px]]
| rowspan=2|[[File:Ashokesen1.JPG|100px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Ashoke Kumar Sen]]
| rowspan=2|12 May 1957
| rowspan=2|12 May 1957
| rowspan=2|24 January 1966
| rowspan=2|24 January 1966
| rowspan="2" |{{Ayd|12 may 1957|24 january 1966}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|5
|5
|
| [[Gopal Swarup Pathak]]
| [[Gopal Swarup Pathak]]
|
| 24 January 1966
| 24 January 1966
| 13 March 1967
| 13 March 1967
| rowspan=4|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|{{Ayd|24 january 1966|13 march 1967}}
| rowspan="4" |[[Indira Gandhi]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|6
|6
|
| [[Panampilly Govinda Menon]]
| [[Panampilly Govinda Menon]]
|
| 13 March 1967
| 13 March 1967
| 23 May 1970
| 23 May 1970
|{{Ayd|13 march 1967|23 may 1970}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|7
|7
|
| [[Kengal Hanumanthaiah]]
| [[Kengal Hanumanthaiah]]
|
| 26 June 1970
| 26 June 1970
| 18 March 1971
| 18 March 1971
|{{Ayd|26 june 1970|18 march 1971}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|8
|8
|
| [[H. R. Gokhale]]
| [[H. R. Gokhale]]
|
| 18 March 1971
| 18 March 1971
| 26 March 1977
| 24 March 1977
|{{Ayd|18 march 1971|24 march 1977}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|9
|9
| [[Shanti Bhushan]]<ref name=s />
|
|
| [[Shanti Bhushan]]
| 26 March 1977
| 26 March 1977
| 28 July 1979
| 28 July 1979
|{{Ayd|26 march 1977|28 july 1979}}
|[[Morarji Desai]]
| [[Janata Party]]
| [[Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Morarji Desai]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|10
|10
|
| [[Hans Raj Khanna]]
| [[Hans Raj Khanna]]
|
| 30 July 1979
| 30 July 1979
| 03 August 1979
| 3 August 1979
|{{Ayd|30 july 1979|3 august 1979}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Charan Singh]]
| rowspan=2|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]
| rowspan=2|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party (Secular)/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|[[Charan Singh]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|11
|11
|
| [[S. N. Kacker]]
| [[S. N. Kacker]]
|
| 3 August 1979
| 03 August 1979
| 14 January 1980
| 14 January 1980
|{{Ayd|3 august 1979|14 january 1980}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|12
|12
| [[P. Shiv Shankar]]<ref name=pss>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2586.htm |title=Biographical Sketch, Member of Parliament, 12th Lok Sabha : SHIV SHANKER, SHRI P. |access-date=2018-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235903/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2586.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[File:SHIV SHANKER, SHRI P.jpg|82x82px]]
|
| [[P. Shiv Shankar]]
| 14 January 1980
| 14 January 1980
| 15 January 1982
| 15 January 1982
|{{Ayd|14 january 1980|15 january 1982}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Indira Gandhi]]
| rowspan=7|[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan=7|[[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=7|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=7|
| rowspan=2|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
| rowspan="2" |13
| rowspan="2" |13
| rowspan=2| [[Jagannath Kaushal]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2766.htm |title=8th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : KAUSHAL, SHRI JAGANNATH |access-date=2018-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726015548/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2766.htm |archive-date=2014-07-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan="2" | [[Jagannath Kaushal]]
| rowspan=2|15 January 1982
| rowspan=2|15 January 1982
| rowspan=2|31 December 1984
| rowspan=2|31 December 1984
| rowspan="2" |{{Ayd|15 january 1982|31 december 1984}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
| rowspan=5|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| rowspan="5" |[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|(4)
|(4)
| [[Ashoke Kumar Sen]]<ref name=s />
|[[File:Ashokesen1.JPG|75x75px]]
|[[File:Ashokesen1.JPG|100px]]
| [[Ashoke Kumar Sen]]
| 31 December 1984
| 31 December 1984
| 31 March 1987
| 31 March 1987
|{{Ayd|31 december 1984|31 march 1987}}
''<small>(total 10 years, 347 days)</small>''
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|(12)
|(12)
| [[P. Shiv Shankar]]<ref name=pss />
|[[File:SHIV SHANKER, SHRI P.jpg|82x82px]]
|
| [[P. Shiv Shankar]]
| 25 July 1987
| 25 July 1987
| 14 February 1988
| 14 February 1988
|{{Ayd|25 july 1987|14 february 1988}}
''<small>(total 2 years, 205 days)</small>''
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|14
|14
| [[File:B.dubey(3).jpg|94x94px]]
| [[Bindeshwari Dubey]]
| [[Bindeshwari Dubey]]
|
| 14 February 1988
| 14 February 1988
| 26 June 1988
| 26 June 1988
|{{Ayd|14 february 1988|25 june 1988}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|15
|15
| [[B. Shankaranand]]<ref>[http://164.100.47.192/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1956.htm Tenth Lok sabha] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624134124/http://164.100.47.192/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1956.htm |date=2016-06-24 }};, Members Bioprofile; SHANKARANAND, SHRI B.; [[Lok Sabha]]/[[National Informatics Centre]]</ref>
|
|
| [[B. Shankaranand]]
| 25 June 1988
| 25 June 1988
| 02 December 1989
| 2 December 1989
|{{Ayd|25 june 1988|2 december 1989}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|16
|16
| [[Dinesh Goswami]]<ref>[http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/g.pdf RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: G]</ref>
|
|
| 2 December 1989
| [[Dinesh Goswami]]
| 6 December 1989
| 10 November 1990
| 10 November 1990
| [[Asom Gana Parishad]] <br> <small>([[National Front (India)|National Front]])</small>
|{{Ayd|6 december 1989|10 november 1990}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Asom Gana Parishad/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|[[V. P. Singh]]
| [[V. P. Singh]]
| [[Asom Gana Parishad]]  
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|17
|17
| [[Subramanian Swamy]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2614.htm |title=Biographical Sketch, Member of Parliament, 12th Lok Sabha: SWAMY, DR. SUBRAMANIAN |access-date=2018-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022506/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2614.htm |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[File:Subramanian Swamy.JPG|84x84px]]
| [[File:Subramanian_Swamy.JPG|75px]]
| [[Subramanian Swamy]]
| 21 November 1990
| 21 November 1990
| 21 June 1991
| 21 June 1991
|{{Ayd|21 november 1990|21 june 1991}}
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
| [[Janata Party]]
| [[Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|18
|18
| [[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2550.htm |title=Biographical Sketch, Member of Parliament, 12th Lok Sabha: REDDY, SHRI KOTLA VIJAYA BHASKARA |access-date=2018-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013151707/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2550.htm |archive-date=2016-10-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|
|
| [[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]]
| 21 June 1991
| 21 June 1991
| 09 October 1992
| 9 October 1992
|{{Ayd|21 june 1991|9 october 1992}}
| rowspan="2" |[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| rowspan=2|[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan=2|[[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|19
|19
|[[File:Visit_of_Narasimha_Rao,_Indian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs,_to_the_CEC_(cropped)(2).jpg|75px]]
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|
| 9 October 1992
| 09 October 1992
| 16 May 1996
| 16 May 1996
|{{Ayd|9 october 1992|16 may 1996}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|20
|20
| [[File:Ram Jethmalani (cropped).jpg|93x93px]]
| [[Ram Jethmalani]]
| [[Ram Jethmalani]]
| [[File:Ram Jethmalani.jpg|122x122px]]
| 16 May 1996
| 16 May 1996
| 1 June 1996
| 1 June 1996
|{{Ayd|16 may 1996|1 june 1996}}
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|rowspan="1"|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|rowspan="1"|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Independent/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|21
|21
| [[File:P. Chidambaram.jpg|92x92px]]
| [[P Chidambaram]]
| [[P Chidambaram]]
|
| 1 June 1996
| 1 June 1996
| 29 June 1996
| 29 June 1996
| [[Tamil Maanila Congress]]<br> <small>([[United Front (India)|United Front]])</small>
|{{Ayd|1 june 1996|29 june 1996}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Tamil Maanila Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="2" |[[H. D. Dewe Gowda]]
| rowspan=2|[[H. D. Dewe Gowda]]
| [[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
| rowspan="2" |22
| rowspan="2" |22
| rowspan=2|[[Ramakant Khalap]]<br> ''(MoS, Independent Charge)<ref>[http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/3703.htm Biographical Sketch, Member of Parliament, XI LOK SABHA : KHALAP, SHRI RAMAKANT D.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017210303/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/3703.htm |date=17 October 2014 }}</ref><ref>Minister of State (Independent Charge)</ref>
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan="2" |[[Ramakant Khalap]]<br> <small>''(Independent Charge)''</small>
| rowspan=2|29 June 1996
| rowspan=2|29 June 1996
| rowspan=2|19 March 1998
| rowspan=2|19 March 1998
| rowspan=2|[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]<br> <small>([[United Front (India)|United Front]])</small>
| rowspan="2" |{{Ayd|29 june 1996|19 march 1998}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan="2" |[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}" rowspan=2|
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|23
|23
| [[M. Thambidurai]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=3205 |title=Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Thambidurai,Dr. Munisamy |access-date=2018-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605054040/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=3205 |archive-date=2014-06-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[File:MThambidurai.jpg|75px]]
|
| [[M. Thambidurai]]
| 19 March 1998
| 19 March 1998
| 08 April 1999
| 8 April 1999
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
|{{Ayd|19 march 1998|8 april 1999}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="6" |[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| rowspan=6| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|24
|24
|
| [[P R Kumaramangalam]]
| [[P R Kumaramangalam]]
|
| 9 April 1999
| 09 April 1999  
| 8 June 1999
| 08 June 1999
|{{Ayd|9 april 1999|8 june 1999}}
| rowspan=1| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
| rowspan="1" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|(20)
|(20)
| [[File:Ram Jethmalani (cropped).jpg|93x93px]]
| [[Ram Jethmalani]]
| [[Ram Jethmalani]]
| [[File:Ram Jethmalani.jpg|98x98px]]
| 8 June 1999
| 08 June 1999
| 23 July 2000
| 23 July 2000
|rowspan="1"|[[Independent politician|Independent]]<br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
|{{Ayd|8 june 1999|23 july 2000}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Independent/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
''<small>(total 1 year, 61 days)</small>''
| rowspan="1" |[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|25
|25
| [[Arun Jaitley]]<br> ''(As MoS, Independent Charge <br> till 7 November 2000)''<ref>Jaitley was Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice till 7 November 2000, then was Union Cabinet Minister</ref>
| [[File:The official photograph of the Defence Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[File:The official photograph of the Defence Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 23 July 2000
| [[Arun Jaitley]]<br> <small>''(Independent Charge <br> till 7 November 2000)''</small>
| 01 July 2002
| 24 July 2000
| rowspan=3| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
| 1 July 2002
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
|{{Ayd|24 july 2000|1 july 2002}}
| rowspan="3" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=3|
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|26
|26
| [[Jana Krishnamurthy]]<ref>[http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/k.pdf RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: K]</ref>
| [[File:Jana1.JPG|80x80px]]
| [[File:Jana1.JPG|60px]]
| [[Jana Krishnamurthy]]
| 01 July 2002
| 1 July 2002
| 29 January 2003
| 29 January 2003
|{{Ayd|1 july 2002|29 january 2003}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|(25)
|(25)
| [[File:The official photograph of the Defence Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Arun Jaitley]]
| [[Arun Jaitley]]
| [[File:The official photograph of the Defence Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 29 January 2003
| 29 January 2003
| 22 May 2004
| 22 May 2004
|{{Ayd|29 january 2003|22 may 2004}}
<small>''(total 3 years, 91 days)''</small>
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|27
|27
| [[File:Hans Raj Bhardwaj.png|106x106px]]
| [[H. R. Bhardwaj]]
| [[H. R. Bhardwaj]]
| [[File:The_Union_Law_Minister_Shri_H.R._Bhardwaj_briefing_the_Press_in_New_Delhi_on_October_19,_2004.jpg|75px]]
| 23 May 2004
| 22 May 2004
| 22 May 2009
| 22 May 2009
| rowspan=5| [[Indian National Congress]]<br><small>([[United Progressive Alliance]])</small>
|{{Ayd|23 may 2004|22 may 2009}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=5|
| rowspan="5" |[[Manmohan Singh]]
| rowspan=5| [[Manmohan Singh]]
| rowspan="5" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=5|
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|28
|28
| [[Veerappa Moily]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4343 |title=Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile: Moily, Dr. M. Veerappa |access-date=2018-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022647/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4343 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[File:A delegation of Central Committee of Communist Party of China calling on the Union Minister for Law & Justice, Dr. M. Veerappa Moily.jpg|85x85px]]
| [[File:Veerappa Moily BNC.jpg|75px]]
| [[Veerappa Moily]]
| 31 May 2009
| 28 May 2009
| 19 July 2011
| 12 July 2011
|{{Ayd|28 may 2009|12 july 2011}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|29
|29
| [[Salman Khurshid]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=3523 |title=Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile: Khurshid, Shri Salman |access-date=2018-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023011/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=3523 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[File:Salman Khurshid portrait (cropped).jpg|97x97px]]
| [[File:Salman Khurshid portrait.jpg|75px]]
| [[Salman Khurshid]]
| July 2011
| 12 July 2011
| 28 October 2012
| 28 October 2012
|{{Ayd|12 july 2011|28 october 2012}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|30
|30
| [[File:Ashwani Kumar at the India Economic Summit 2008.jpg|75px]]
| [[Ashwani Kumar (politician)|Ashwani Kumar]]
| [[Ashwani Kumar (politician)|Ashwani Kumar]]
| [[File:Ashwani Kumar at the India Economic Summit 2008.jpg|75px]]
| 28 October 2012
| 28 October 2012
| 10 May 2013
| 11 May 2013
|{{Ayd|28 october 2012|11 may 2013}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|31
|31
| [[Kapil Sibal]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4077 |title=Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile: Sibal, Shri Kapil |access-date=2018-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003042/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4077 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[File:Kapil Sibal.jpg|75px]]
| [[File:Kapil Sibal.jpg|75px]]
| [[Kapil Sibal]]
| 11 May 2013
| 11 May 2013
| 26 May 2014
| 26 May 2014
|{{Ayd|11 may 2013|26 may 2014}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|32
|32
| [[File:Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg|75px]]
| [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]
| [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]
| [[File:Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg|75px]]
| 26 May 2014
| 26 May 2014
| 9 November 2014
| 9 November 2014
| rowspan=4|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
|{{Ayd|26 may 2014|9 november 2014}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=4|
| rowspan="4" |[[Narendra Modi]]
| rowspan=4| [[Narendra Modi]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=4|
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|33
|33
| [[File:Sadananda_Gowda.jpg|75px]]
| [[D. V. Sadananda Gowda]]
| [[D. V. Sadananda Gowda]]
| [[File:Sadananda_Gowda.jpg|75px]]
| 9 November 2014
| 9 November 2014
| 5 July 2016
| 5 July 2016
|{{Ayd|9 november 2014|5 july 2016}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|- style="height: 50px;"
|(32)
|(32)
| [[File:Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg|75px]]
| [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]
| [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]
| [[File:Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg|75px]]
| 5 July 2016
| 5 July 2016
| 7 July 2021
| 7 July 2021
|- style="height: 50px;"
|{{Ayd|5 july 2016|7 july 2021}}
<small>''(total 5 years, 169 days)''</small>
|-
|34
|34
| [[File:KirenRijiju.jpg|100x100px]]
| [[Kiren Rijiju]]
| [[Kiren Rijiju]]
|[[File:Kiren Rijiju.jpg|105x105px]]
| 7 July 2021
| 7 July 2021
| Incumbent
| ''Incumbent''
|{{Ayd|7 July 2021|}}
|}
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! colspan=2| Political party
! colspan="2" | Term
! colspan="2" | Term
! Days
! Years
|-align=center
|-align=center
|[[P. P. Chaudhary]]
|[[P. P. Chaudhary]]
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|5 July 2016
|5 July 2016
|30 May 2019
|30 May 2019
|{{Age in days|2016|07|05|2019|05|30}} days
|{{Ayd|2016|07|05|2019|05|30}}
|-align=center
|-align=center
|[[S. P. Singh Baghel]]
|[[S. P. Singh Baghel]]
|
|
|7 July 2021
|7 July 2021
|Incumbent
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in days|2021|07|07}} days
|{{Ayd|2021|07|07}}
|}


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Minister of Law and Justice
Vidhi aur Nyaay Mantrī
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Kiren Rijiju
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Ministry of Law and Justice
StyleThe Honourable
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerPresident (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Inaugural holderDr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
Formation15 August 1947
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The Minister of Law and Justice is the head of the Ministry of Law and Justice and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India. The first Law and Justice Minister of independent India was B. R. Ambedkar, who served in first Nehru ministry during 1947–52. Kiren Rijiju is currently the Cabinet Minister of Law and Justice of India.

List of Law & Justice Ministers[edit | edit source]

No. Portrait Name Term of office Prime Minister Party
1 Error creating thumbnail: File missing B. R. Ambedkar 15 August 1947 11 October 1951 4 years, 57 days Jawaharlal Nehru Scheduled Castes Federation
2 Kailash Nath Katju 5 November 1951 13 May 1952 190 days Indian National Congress
3 Charu Chandra Biswas 13 May 1952 17 April 1957 4 years, 339 days
4 Ashoke Kumar Sen 12 May 1957 24 January 1966 8 years, 257 days
Lal Bahadur Shastri
5 Gopal Swarup Pathak 24 January 1966 13 March 1967 1 year, 48 days Indira Gandhi
6 Panampilly Govinda Menon 13 March 1967 23 May 1970 3 years, 71 days
7 Kengal Hanumanthaiah 26 June 1970 18 March 1971 265 days
8 H. R. Gokhale 18 March 1971 24 March 1977 6 years, 6 days
9 Shanti Bhushan 26 March 1977 28 July 1979 2 years, 124 days Morarji Desai Janata Party
10 Hans Raj Khanna 30 July 1979 3 August 1979 4 days Charan Singh Janata Party (Secular)
11 S. N. Kacker 3 August 1979 14 January 1980 164 days
12 File:SHIV SHANKER, SHRI P.jpg P. Shiv Shankar 14 January 1980 15 January 1982 2 years, 1 day Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress
13 Jagannath Kaushal 15 January 1982 31 December 1984 2 years, 351 days
Rajiv Gandhi
(4) Ashoke Kumar Sen 31 December 1984 31 March 1987 2 years, 90 days

(total 10 years, 347 days)

(12) File:SHIV SHANKER, SHRI P.jpg P. Shiv Shankar 25 July 1987 14 February 1988 204 days

(total 2 years, 205 days)

14 Bindeshwari Dubey 14 February 1988 26 June 1988 132 days
15 B. Shankaranand 25 June 1988 2 December 1989 1 year, 160 days
16 Dinesh Goswami 6 December 1989 10 November 1990 339 days V. P. Singh Asom Gana Parishad
17 Subramanian Swamy 21 November 1990 21 June 1991 212 days Chandra Shekhar Janata Party
18 Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy 21 June 1991 9 October 1992 1 year, 110 days P. V. Narasimha Rao Indian National Congress
19 P. V. Narasimha Rao 9 October 1992 16 May 1996 3 years, 220 days
20 Ram Jethmalani 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 16 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Independent
21 P Chidambaram 1 June 1996 29 June 1996 28 days H. D. Dewe Gowda Tamil Maanila Congress
22 Ramakant Khalap
(Independent Charge) 		29 June 1996 19 March 1998 1 year, 263 days Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
Inder Kumar Gujral
23 Error creating thumbnail: File missing M. Thambidurai 19 March 1998 8 April 1999 1 year, 20 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
24 P R Kumaramangalam 9 April 1999 8 June 1999 60 days Bharatiya Janata Party
(20) Ram Jethmalani 8 June 1999 23 July 2000 1 year, 45 days

(total 1 year, 61 days)

Independent
25 Arun Jaitley
(Independent Charge
till 7 November 2000) 		24 July 2000 1 July 2002 1 year, 342 days Bharatiya Janata Party
26 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jana Krishnamurthy 1 July 2002 29 January 2003 212 days
(25) Arun Jaitley 29 January 2003 22 May 2004 1 year, 114 days

(total 3 years, 91 days)

27 H. R. Bhardwaj 23 May 2004 22 May 2009 4 years, 364 days Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress
28 Veerappa Moily 28 May 2009 12 July 2011 2 years, 45 days
29 Salman Khurshid 12 July 2011 28 October 2012 1 year, 108 days
30 Ashwani Kumar 28 October 2012 11 May 2013 195 days
31 Kapil Sibal 11 May 2013 26 May 2014 1 year, 15 days
32 Ravi Shankar Prasad 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 167 days Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
33 D. V. Sadananda Gowda 9 November 2014 5 July 2016 1 year, 239 days
(32) Ravi Shankar Prasad 5 July 2016 7 July 2021 5 years, 2 days

(total 5 years, 169 days)

34 File:KirenRijiju.jpg Kiren Rijiju 7 July 2021 Incumbent 5 years, 43 days

List of Ministers of State[edit | edit source]

Ministers of State For Law and Justice
Minister of state Portrait Political party Term Years
P. P. Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 5 July 2016 30 May 2019 2 years, 329 days
S. P. Singh Baghel 7 July 2021 Incumbent 5 years, 43 days

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