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Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs

कानून, न्याय तथा संसदीय मामिला मन्त्रालय
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Agency overview
Formed	1950
Jurisdiction	Government of Nepal
Headquarters	Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Minister responsible	Ajay Chaurasiya, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Website	moljpa.gov.np

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The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (Nepali: कानून, न्याय तथा संसदीय मामिला मन्त्रालय) is a governmental body of Nepal dealing with the management of the judicial administration, legal affairs and legislative activities. The minister is one of the most-senior officers in the Federal Cabinet.

History

The Department of Law (कानून विभाग) was established in 1950 before being developed into a ministry in 1956. Two years later, the ministry's portfolio was adjusted for the first time, making it the Ministry of Government and Law (कानून तथा संसदीय प्रबन्ध मन्त्रालय). In 1961, it was again renamed to the Ministry of Law and Justice (कानून तथा न्याय मन्त्रालय). The term Parliamentary Affairs was added and dropped several times throughout the history of the ministry.

Ministers of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (Former and Current)

Ministers of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs

Some individuals were known as the Minister of Law, Power and Irrigation, Minister of Home and Law, Minister of State for Law and Justice or the Minister of Agriculture, Law and Justice.

Ministers of Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly and Parliamentary Affairs (since 2013)

The minister's responsibility is to render opinions on, and to formulate and examine draft of, Bills, Ordinance, Rules and Formation Order, to render necessary opinions as required by the Government of Nepal on national and international legal disputes, to perform acts relating to unification and codification of laws, research, review, reform of Nepal law, international law, judicial system and administration of justice.

See also

• Justice ministry
• Politics of Nepal

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