Ministry of Law and Justice

Minister of Law and Justice विधी और न्याय मंत्री
[[File:Logo of India.svg|100px]] Emblem of India
Incumbent D. V. Sadananda Gowda since 9 November 2014
Ministry of Law and Justice
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	President (on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Website	lawmin.nic.in

The Minister of Law and Justice is head of the Ministry of Law and Justice and one of the Cabinet Ministers of the Government of India. D. V. Sadananda Gowda is incumbent Minister of Law and Justice.

List of Ministers of Law and Justice

Name	Portrait	Term of office		Party		Prime Minister
B. R. Ambedkar[1]		15 August 1947	1952	Indian National Congress		Jawaharlal Nehru
Charu Chandra Biswas[2]		May 1952	April 1957
Ashoke Kumar Sen[3]		1957	1966
						Lal Bahadur Shastri
Gopal Swarup Pathak		1966	1967	Indian National Congress		Indira Gandhi
Shanti Bhushan[3]		1977	1979	Janata Party		Morarji Desai
Hans Raj Khanna		1979	1979	Janata Party (Secular)		Charan Singh
P. Shiv Shankar[4]		1980	1982	Indian National Congress		Indira Gandhi
Jagannath Kaushal[5]		1982	1984
Ashoke Kumar Sen[3]		1984	1987			Rajiv Gandhi
P. Shiv Shankar[4]		1987	1989
Dinesh Goswami[6]		2 December 1989	10 November 1990	Asom Gana Parishad		V. P. Singh
Subramanian Swamy[7]		1990	1991	Janata Party		Chandra Shekhar
Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy[8]		1991	1992	Indian National Congress		P. V. Narasimha Rao
Ram Jethmalani		16 May 1996	1 June 1996	Bharatiya Janata Party		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Ramakant Khalap[9][10]		1 June 1996	21 April 1997	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party		H. D. Dewe Gowda
M. Thambidurai[11]		19 March 1998	April 1999	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam National Democratic Alliance		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Ram Jethmalani		October 1999	23 July 2000	Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance
Arun Jaitley[12]		23 July 2000	July 2002
Jana Krishnamurthy[13]		July 2002	January 2003
Arun Jaitley		29 January 2003	21 May 2004
H. R. Bhardwaj		22 May 2004	28 May 2009	Indian National Congress United Progressive Alliance		Manmohan Singh
Veerappa Moily[14]		31 May 2009	19 July 2011
Salman Khurshid[15]		July 2011	28 October 2012
Ashwani Kumar		28 October 2012	10 May 2013
Kapil Sibal[16]		11 May 2013	26 May 2014
Ravi Shankar Prasad		26 May 2014	9 November 2014	Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance		Narendra Modi
D. V. Sadananda Gowda		9 November 2014	Incumbent

References

1.  PDF (RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: A)
2.  PDF (RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: B)
3.  PDF (RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: S)
4. Biographical Sketch, Member of Parliament, 12th Lok Sabha : SHIV SHANKER, SHRI P.
5. 8th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : KAUSHAL, SHRI JAGANNATH
6.  PDF (RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: G)
7. Biographical Sketch, Member of Parliament, 12th Lok Sabha: SWAMY, DR. SUBRAMANIAN
8. Biographical Sketch, Member of Parliament, 12th Lok Sabha: REDDY, SHRI KOTLA VIJAYA BHASKARA
9. Biographical Sketch, Member of Parliament, XI LOK SABHA : KHALAP, SHRI RAMAKANT D.
10. Minister of State (Independent Charge)
11. Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Thambidurai,Dr. Munisamy
12. Jaitley was Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice till 7 November 2000, then was Union Cabinet Minister
13.  PDF (RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: K)
14. Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile: Moily, Dr. M. Veerappa
15. Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile: Khurshid, Shri Salman
16. Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile: Sibal, Shri Kapil

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