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{{Politics of India}}
The '''Ministry of Law and Justice''' in the [[Government of India]] is a cabinet ministry which deals with the management of the legal affairs, legislative activities and administration of justice in India through its three departments namely the Legislative Department and the Department of Legal Affairs and Department of Justice respectively. The Department of Legal Affairs is concerned with advising the various Ministries of the Central Government while the Legislative Department is concerned with drafting of principal legislation for the Central Government. The ministry is headed by a cabinet rank minister appointed by the [[President of India]] on the recommendation of the [[Prime Minister of India]].<ref name="About Us" /><ref name="About Us More">{{cite web|title=About Ministry of Law and Justice (More information)|url=http://lawmin.nic.in/more.htm|publisher=Ministry of Law and Justice|access-date=29 May 2014}}</ref> The first Law and Justice minister of independent India was [[B. R. Ambedkar|Dr. B. R. Ambedkar]], who served in the Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'s cabinet during 1947–51. [[Kiren Rijiju]] is the current Minister of Law and Justice.
The '''Ministry of Law and Justice''' in the [[Government of India]] is a cabinet ministry which deals with the management of the legal affairs, legislative activities and administration of justice in India through its three departments namely the Legislative Department and the Department of Legal Affairs and Department of Justice respectively. The Department of Legal Affairs is concerned with advising the various Ministries of the Central Government while the Legislative Department is concerned with drafting of principal legislation for the Central Government. The ministry is headed by a cabinet rank minister appointed by the [[President of India]] on the recommendation of the [[Prime Minister of India]].<ref name="About Us" /><ref name="About Us More">{{cite web|title=About Ministry of Law and Justice (More information)|url=http://lawmin.nic.in/more.htm|publisher=Ministry of Law and Justice|access-date=29 May 2014}}</ref> The first Law and Justice minister of independent India was [[B. R. Ambedkar|Dr. B. R. Ambedkar]], who served in the Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'s cabinet during 1947–51. [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]] was the Minister of Law and Justice until the cabinet reshuffle in 2021 and was replaced by [[Kiren Rijiju]].


== History ==
== History ==
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# Appointment, resignation and removal of the Chief Justice of India and Judges of the Supreme Court of India; their salaries, rights in respect of leave of absence (including rules of service of the judges and other related areas the allocation of business rules identify the following functions to be carried out by this department leave of creation of all India Judicial Service).
# Appointment, resignation and removal of the Chief Justice of India and Judges of the Supreme Court of India; their salaries, rights in respect of leave of absence (including rules of service of the judges and other related areas the allocation of business rules identify the following functions to be carried out by this department leave of creation of all India Judicial Service).


==List of Law & Justice Ministers==
==List of Law and Justice Ministers==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{{Main|Minister of Law and Justice}}
|-
!No.
! Portrait
! Name
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan=2| Party
! Prime Minister
|- style="height: 50px;"
|1
| [[File:Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar.jpg|98x98px]]
! [[B. R. Ambedkar]]
| 15 August 1947
| 11 October 1951
|{{Ayd|15 august 1947|11 october 1951}}
| rowspan=9|[[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=9|
| rowspan=4|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|2
|[[File:Kailash Nath Katju.jpg|110x110px]]
! [[Kailash Nath Katju]]
| 5 November 1951
| 13 May 1952
|{{Ayd|5 november 1951|13 may 1952}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|3
|
! [[Charu Chandra Biswas]]
| 13 May 1952
| 17 April 1957
|{{Ayd|13 may 1952|17 april 1957}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
| rowspan="2" |4
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Ashokesen1.JPG|98x98px]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Ashoke Kumar Sen]]
| rowspan=2|12 May 1957
| rowspan=2|24 January 1966
| rowspan="2" |{{Ayd|12 may 1957|24 january 1966}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|5
| [[File:Gopal Swarup Pathak.jpg|93x93px]]
! [[Gopal Swarup Pathak]]
| 24 January 1966
| 13 March 1967
|{{Ayd|24 january 1966|13 march 1967}}
| rowspan=4|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|6
| [[File:PanampillyGovindaMenon.jpg|96x96px]]
! [[Panampilly Govinda Menon]]
| 13 March 1967
| 23 May 1970
|{{Ayd|13 march 1967|23 may 1970}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|7
| [[File:Kengal Hanumanthaiah.jpg|94x94px]]
! [[Kengal Hanumanthaiah]]
| 26 June 1970
| 18 March 1971
|{{Ayd|26 june 1970|18 march 1971}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|8
|
! [[H. R. Gokhale]]
| 18 March 1971
| 24 March 1977
|{{Ayd|18 march 1971|24 march 1977}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|9
|
! [[Shanti Bhushan]]
| 26 March 1977
| 28 July 1979
|{{Ayd|26 march 1977|28 july 1979}}
| [[Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Morarji Desai]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|10
| [[File:Hrkhanna-supremecourtofindia.nic.in.jpg|101x101px]]
! [[Hans Raj Khanna]]
| 30 July 1979
| 3 August 1979
|{{Ayd|30 july 1979|3 august 1979}}
| rowspan=2|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party (Secular)/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|[[Charan Singh]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|11
|
! [[S. N. Kacker]]
| 3 August 1979
| 14 January 1980
|{{Ayd|3 august 1979|14 january 1980}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|12
|
! [[P. Shiv Shankar]]
| 14 January 1980
| 15 January 1982
|{{Ayd|14 january 1980|15 january 1982}}
| rowspan=7|[[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=7|
| rowspan=2|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| rowspan="2" |13
| rowspan=2|
! rowspan="2" | [[Jagannath Kaushal]]
| rowspan=2|15 January 1982
| rowspan=2|31 December 1984
| rowspan="2" |{{Ayd|15 january 1982|31 december 1984}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
| rowspan=5|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|(4)
|[[File:Ashokesen1.JPG|100px]]
! [[Ashoke Kumar Sen]]
| 31 December 1984
| 31 March 1987
|{{Ayd|31 december 1984|31 march 1987}}
''<small>(total 10 years, 347 days)</small>''
|- style="height: 50px;"
|(12)
|
! [[P. Shiv Shankar]]
| 25 July 1987
| 14 February 1988
|{{Ayd|25 july 1987|14 february 1988}}
''<small>(total 2 years, 205 days)</small>''
|- style="height: 50px;"
|14
|
! [[Bindeshwari Dubey]]
| 14 February 1988
| 26 June 1988
|{{Ayd|14 february 1988|25 june 1988}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|15
|
! [[B. Shankaranand]]
| 25 June 1988
| 2 December 1989
|{{Ayd|25 june 1988|2 december 1989}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|16
|
! [[Dinesh Goswami]]
| 6 December 1989
| 10 November 1990
|{{Ayd|6 december 1989|10 november 1990}}
| [[Asom Gana Parishad]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Asom Gana Parishad/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| [[V. P. Singh]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|17
| [[File:Subramanian Swamy.JPG|84x84px]]
! [[Subramanian Swamy]]
| 21 November 1990
| 21 June 1991
|{{Ayd|21 november 1990|21 june 1991}}
| [[Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|18
|
! [[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]]
| 21 June 1991
| 9 October 1992
|{{Ayd|21 june 1991|9 october 1992}}
| rowspan=2|[[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|19
|[[File:Pumapaparti.N.rao.jpg|95x95px]]
! [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| 9 October 1992
| 16 May 1996
|{{Ayd|9 october 1992|16 may 1996}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|20
| [[File:Ram Jethmalani (cropped).jpg|93x93px]]
! [[Ram Jethmalani]]
| 16 May 1996
| 1 June 1996
|{{Ayd|16 may 1996|1 june 1996}}
|rowspan="1"|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Independent/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|21
| [[File:P. Chidambaram.jpg|92x92px]]
! [[P Chidambaram]]
| 1 June 1996
| 29 June 1996
|{{Ayd|1 june 1996|29 june 1996}}
| [[Tamil Maanila Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Tamil Maanila Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan=2|[[H. D. Dewe Gowda]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
| rowspan="2" |22
| rowspan=2|
! rowspan="2" |[[Ramakant Khalap]]<br> <small>(Independent Charge)</small>
| rowspan=2|29 June 1996
| rowspan=2|19 March 1998
| rowspan="2" |{{Ayd|29 june 1996|19 march 1998}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
|- style="height: 50px;"
| [[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|23
|[[File:மு. தம்பிதுரை.jpg|75x75px]]
! [[M. Thambidurai]]
| 19 March 1998
| 8 April 1999
|{{Ayd|19 march 1998|8 april 1999}}
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan=6| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|24
|
! [[P R Kumaramangalam]]
| 9 April 1999
| 8 June 1999
|{{Ayd|9 april 1999|8 june 1999}}
| rowspan="1" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
|(20)
| [[File:Ram Jethmalani (cropped).jpg|93x93px]]
! [[Ram Jethmalani]]
| 8 June 1999
| 23 July 2000
|{{Ayd|8 june 1999|23 july 2000}}
''<small>(total 1 year, 61 days)</small>''
| rowspan="1" |[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Independent/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="height: 50px;"
|25
| [[File:The official photograph of the Defence Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley (cropped).jpg|75px]]
! [[Arun Jaitley]]<br> <small>(Independent Charge <br> till 7 November 2000)</small>
| 24 July 2000
| 1 July 2002
|{{Ayd|24 july 2000|1 july 2002}}
| rowspan="3" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
|- style="height: 50px;"
|26
| [[File:Jana1.JPG|80x80px]]
! [[Jana Krishnamurthy]]
| 1 July 2002
| 29 January 2003
|{{Ayd|1 july 2002|29 january 2003}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|(25)
| [[File:The official photograph of the Defence Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley (cropped).jpg|75px]]
! [[Arun Jaitley]]
| 29 January 2003
| 22 May 2004
|{{Ayd|29 january 2003|22 may 2004}}
<small>''(total 3 years, 91 days)''</small>
|- style="height: 50px;"
|27
| [[File:The Minister for Law & Justice Shri H.R.Bhardwaj briefing the Press in New Delhi on January 7, 2005.jpg|113x113px]]
! [[H. R. Bhardwaj]]
| 23 May 2004
| 22 May 2009
|{{Ayd|23 may 2004|22 may 2009}}
| rowspan="5" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=5|
| rowspan=5| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|28
| [[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]]
! [[Veerappa Moily]]
| 28 May 2009
| 12 July 2011
|{{Ayd|28 may 2009|12 july 2011}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|29
| [[File:Salman Khurshid portrait (cropped).jpg|97x97px]]
! [[Salman Khurshid]]
| 12 July 2011
| 28 October 2012
|{{Ayd|12 july 2011|28 october 2012}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|30
| [[File:Ashwani Kumar at the India Economic Summit 2008.jpg|75px]]
! [[Ashwani Kumar (politician)|Ashwani Kumar]]
| 28 October 2012
| 11 May 2013
|{{Ayd|28 october 2012|11 may 2013}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|31
| [[File:Kapil Sibal.jpg|75px]]
! [[Kapil Sibal]]
| 11 May 2013
| 26 May 2014
|{{Ayd|11 may 2013|26 may 2014}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|32
| [[File:Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg|75px]]
! [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]
| 26 May 2014
| 9 November 2014
|{{Ayd|26 may 2014|9 november 2014}}
| rowspan="4" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=4|
| rowspan=4| [[Narendra Modi]]
|- style="height: 50px;"
|33
| [[File:Sadananda_Gowda.jpg|75px]]
! [[D. V. Sadananda Gowda]]
| 9 November 2014
| 5 July 2016
|{{Ayd|9 november 2014|5 july 2016}}
|- style="height: 50px;"
|(32)
| [[File:Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg|75px]]
! [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]
| 5 July 2016
| 7 July 2021
|{{Ayd|5 july 2016|7 july 2021}}
<small>''(total 5 years, 169 days)''</small>
|-
|34
| [[File:Kiren Rijiju.jpg|75px]]
! [[Kiren Rijiju]]
| 7 July 2021
| Incumbent
|{{Ayd|7 july 2021|}}
|}


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}new act The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is a part of the Department of Revenue in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.[24] The CBDT provides essential inputs for policy and planning of direct taxes in India and is also responsible for administration of the direct tax laws through Income Tax Department. The CBDT is a [[statutory authority]] functioning under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963.It is India's official FATF unit.The Central Board of Revenue as the Department apex body charged with the administration of taxes came into existence as a result of the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1924. Initially the Board was in charge of both direct and indirect taxes. However, when the administration of taxes became too unwieldy for one Board to handle, the Board was split up into two, namely the Central Board of Direct Taxes and Central Board of Excise and Customs with effect from 1.1.1964. This bifurcation was brought about by constitution of the two Boards u/s 3 of the Central Boards of Revenue Act, 1963.
{{Reflist|30em}}new act The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is a part of the Department of Revenue in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.[24] The CBDT provides essential inputs for policy and planning of direct taxes in India and is also responsible for administration of the direct tax laws through Income Tax Department. The CBDT is a [[statutory authority]] functioning under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963.It is India's official FATF unit.The Central Board of Revenue as the Department apex body charged with the administration of taxes came into existence as a result of the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1924. Initially the Board was in charge of both direct and indirect taxes. However, when the administration of taxes became too unwieldy for one Board to handle, the Board was split up into two, namely the Central Board of Direct Taxes and Central Board of Excise and Customs with effect from 1 January 1964. This bifurcation was brought about by constitution of the two Boards u/s 3 of the Central Boards of Revenue Act, 1963.


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The Ministry of Law and Justice in the Government of India is a cabinet ministry which deals with the management of the legal affairs, legislative activities and administration of justice in India through its three departments namely the Legislative Department and the Department of Legal Affairs and Department of Justice respectively. The Department of Legal Affairs is concerned with advising the various Ministries of the Central Government while the Legislative Department is concerned with drafting of principal legislation for the Central Government. The ministry is headed by a cabinet rank minister appointed by the President of India on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of India.[1][2] The first Law and Justice minister of independent India was Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, who served in the Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet during 1947–51. Ravi Shankar Prasad was the Minister of Law and Justice until the cabinet reshuffle in 2021 and was replaced by Kiren Rijiju.

History

Ministry of law and justice is the oldest limb of the government of India dating back to 1833 when the Charter Act 1833 was enacted by the British Parliament when India was under British control. The said Act vested for the first time legislative power in a single authority, namely the Governor General in Council. By virtue of this authority and the authority vested under him under section 22 of the Indian Councils Act 1861 the Governor General in Council enacted laws for the country from 1834 to 1920. After the commencement of the Government of India Act 1919 the legislative power was exercised by the Indian Legislature constituted thereunder. The Government of India Act 1919 was followed by the Government of India Act 1935. With the passing of the Indian Independence Act 1947 India became a 'dominion' and the 'dominion legislature' made laws from 1947 to 1949 under the provisions of section 100 of the Government of India Act 1935 as adapted by the India (Provisional Constitution) Order 1947. When the Constitution of India came into force on 26 January 1950, the legislative power thereafter got vested in the Parliament of India.[1]

Organisation

The Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules of 1961 entail the various departments working under the Ministry of Law and Justice of Government of India. In terms of these Rules, the Ministry comprises the following departments:[3]

  • Department of Legal Affairs
  • Legislative Department
  • Department of Justice.

Department of Legal Affairs

The Department of Legal Affairs has two main duties: advice and litigation.[4] Specifically, the following functions are allocated to the Department:[5]

  1. Advice to Ministries on legal matters including interpretation of the Constitution and the laws, conveyancing and engagement of counsel to appear on behalf of the Union of India in the High Courts and subordinate courts where the Union of India is a party.
  2. Attorney General of India, Solicitor General of India, and other Central Government law officers of the States whose services are shared by the Ministries of the Government of India.
  3. Conduct of cases in the Supreme Court and the High Courts on behalf of the Central Government and on behalf of the Governments of States participating in the Central Agency Scheme.
  4. Reciprocal arrangements with foreign countries for the service of summons in civil suits, for the execution of decrees of Civil Courts, for the enforcement of maintenance orders, and for the administration of the estates of foreigners dying in India intestate.
  5. Authorization of officers to execute contracts and assurances and of property on behalf of the President under Article 299(1) of the Constitution, and authorization of officers to sign and verify plaints or written statements in suits by or against the Central Government.
  6. Indian Legal Service.
  7. Treaties and agreements with foreign countries in matters of civil law.
  8. Law Commission.
  9. Legal Profession including the Advocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961) and persons entitled to practice before High Courts.
  10. Enlargement of the jurisdiction of Supreme Court and the conferring thereon of further powers; persons entitled to practice before the Supreme Court; references to the Supreme Court under Article 143 of the Constitution of India.
  11. Administration of the Notaries Act, 1952 (53 of 1952).
  12. Income-tax Appellate Tribunal.
  13. Appellate Tribunal for Foreign Exchange.
  14. Legal aid to the poor.

The Department's Main Secretariat is in New Delhi. It also maintains Branch Secretariats in the cities of Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Bengaluru.[4]

Legislative Department

The Legislative Department is mainly concerned with drafting of all principal legislation for the Central Government i.e. Bills to be introduced in Parliament, Ordinances to be promulgated by the President, measures to be enacted as President's Acts for States under the President's rule and Regulations to be made by the President for Union territories. It is also concerned with election Laws namely the Representation of the People Act 1950 and the Representation of the People Act 1951. In addition, it is also entrusted with the task of dealing with certain matters relating to List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution like personal law, contracts evidence, etc. The responsibility of maintaining up to date the statutes enacted by Parliament is also with this Department. The Allocation of Business Rules identify the following functions to be carried out by this Department:[5]

  1. The drafting of Bills, including the business of the Draftsmen in Select Committees, drafting and promulgation of Ordinances and Regulations; enactment of State Acts as President's Acts whenever required; scrutiny of Statutory Rules and Orders (except notifications under clause (a) of section 3, section 3A and section 3D, of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956)).
  2. Constitution Orders; notifications for bringing into force Constitution (Amendment) Acts.
  3. (a) Publication of Central Acts, Ordinance and Regulations; (b) Publication of authorised translations in Hindi of Central Acts, Ordinances, Orders, Rules, Regulations and bye-laws referred to in section 5(1) of the Official Languages Act, 1963 (19 of 1963).
  4. Compilation and publication of unrepealed Central Acts, Ordinances and Regulations of general statutory Rules and Orders, and other similar publications.
  5. Elections to Parliament, to the Legislatures of States, to the Offices of the President and Vice-President; and the Election Commission.
  6. Preparation and publication of standard legal terminology for use, as far as possible, in all official languages.
  7. Preparation of authoritative texts in Hindi of all Central Acts and of Ordinances promulgated and Regulations made by the President and of all rules, regulations and orders made by the Central Government under such Acts, Ordinances and Regulations.
  8. Making arrangements for the translation into official languages of the States of Central Acts and of Ordinances promulgated and Regulations made by the President and for the translation of all State Acts and Ordinances into Hindi if the texts of such Acts or Ordinance are in a language other than Hindi.
  9. Publication of law books and law journals in Hindi.
  10. Marriage and divorce; infants and minors; adoption, wills; intestate and succession; joint family and partition.
  11. Transfer of property other than agricultural land (excluding benami transactions registration of deeds and documents).
  12. Contracts, but not including those relating to agricultural land.
  13. Actionable wrongs.
  14. Bankruptcy and insolvency.
  15. Trusts and trustees, Administrators, General and Official Trustees.
  16. Evidence and oaths.
  17. Civil Procedure including Limitation and Arbitration.
  18. Charitable and religious endowments and religious institutions.

Department of Justice

The Department of Justice performs the administrative functions in relation to the appointment of various judges at various courts in India, maintenance and revision of the conditions and rules of service of the judges and other related areas. The Allocation of Business Rules identify the following functions to be carried out by this Department:[5]

  1. Appointment, resignation and removal of the Chief Justice of India and Judges of the Supreme Court of India; their salaries, rights in respect of leave of absence (including leave allowances), pensions and travelling allowances.
  2. Appointment, resignation and removal, etc., of Chief Justice and Judges of High Courts in States; their salaries, rights in respect of leave of absence (including leave allowances), pensions and travelling allowances.
  3. Appointment of Judicial Commissioners and Judicial officers in Union Territories.
  4. Constitution and organisation (excluding jurisdiction and powers) of the Supreme Court (but including contempt of such Court) and the fees taken therein.
  5. Constitution and organisation of the High Courts and the Courts of Judicial Commissioners except provisions as to officers and servants of these courts.
  6. Administration of justice.
  7. Creation of all India Judicial Service.
  8. Conditions of service of District Judges and other Members of Higher Judicial Service of Union Territories.
  9. Extension of the Jurisdiction of a High Court to a Union Territory or exclusion of a Union Territory from the Jurisdiction of a High Court.
  10. Extension of the Jurisdiction of a High Court to a Union Territory or exclusion of a Union Territory from the Jurisdiction of a High Court.
  11. Appointment, resignation and removal of the Chief Justice of India and Judges of the Supreme Court of India; their salaries, rights in respect of leave of absence (including rules of service of the judges and other related areas the allocation of business rules identify the following functions to be carried out by this department leave of creation of all India Judicial Service).

List of Law and Justice Ministers

Main article: Minister of Law and Justice

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ministry of Law and Justice - About Us". Ministry of Law and Justice. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "About Ministry of Law and Justice (More information)". Ministry of Law and Justice. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules of 1961". Parliament of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "About the Department". DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS (Vidhi Karya Vibhag). Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (VIDHI AUR NYAYA MANTRALAYA)". Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008.

new act The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is a part of the Department of Revenue in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.[24] The CBDT provides essential inputs for policy and planning of direct taxes in India and is also responsible for administration of the direct tax laws through Income Tax Department. The CBDT is a statutory authority functioning under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963.It is India's official FATF unit.The Central Board of Revenue as the Department apex body charged with the administration of taxes came into existence as a result of the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1924. Initially the Board was in charge of both direct and indirect taxes. However, when the administration of taxes became too unwieldy for one Board to handle, the Board was split up into two, namely the Central Board of Direct Taxes and Central Board of Excise and Customs with effect from 1 January 1964. This bifurcation was brought about by constitution of the two Boards u/s 3 of the Central Boards of Revenue Act, 1963.

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