Department of Law (Tamil Nadu)

Department of Law (Tamil Nadu)
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Agency overview
Formed	1811
Jurisdiction	Tamil Nadu
Headquarters	Chennai
Minister responsible	S. Regupathy, Minister for Law Department;
Agency executive	S. George Alexander, IAS, Secretary to Government;
Parent agency	Government of Tamil Nadu
Website	Law Department

The Department of Law is one of the departments of Government of Tamil Nadu.

Objective[edit | edit source]

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 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.^[1]^[2]

Sub-divisions[edit | edit source]

The following sub-divisions operate under the department:^[3]

Sub-departments

Directorate of Legal Studies
State Official Language Department

Undertakings and bodies

Tamil Nadu State National Law School
Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University (TNDALU)
Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority

Ministers[edit | edit source]

Ministers of Law (Tamilnadu)
Name	Term of office
Durai Murugan	2006	2011
S. P. Velumani	2011	2013
K. P. Munusamy	2013	2016
C. V. Shanmugam	2016	2021
S. Regupathy	2021-2025

Durai Murugan

2025- Present

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Law department". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
↑ Handbook of law (PDF) (Report). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
↑ Department of law, policy note 2023-24 (PDF) (Report). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 1 December 2012.

External links[edit | edit source]

Template:Government Departments of Tamil Nadu

[Gov-1] "Law department". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

[2] Handbook of law (PDF) (Report). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 1 December 2012.

[3] Department of law, policy note 2023-24 (PDF) (Report). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 1 December 2012.

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Executive	Governor: Banwarilal Purohit
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