Department of Law and Parliamentary Affairs (Tripura)

The Department of Law and Parliamentary Affairs is an administrative department under the Government of Tripura. The department is responsible for the administration of legal affairs, justice, and legislative matters. It serves as a link between the government and the public in legal matters and contributes to welfare-oriented governance. The Law Department also functions as the administrative department for the state judiciary, the state legislature, and the State Legal Services Authority. The Parliamentary Affairs Department responsible for coordinating the schedule of Asesembly sessions.

History The Department of Law was known as Judicial Department during the princely state, the department was renamed after merger with India in 1949. The parliamentary department was formed on 1 February 1971 combined with Department of Law.

Ministers + Ministers of Law Name PortraitTerm of officeSachindra Lal Singh1 July 196313 March 1967Sachindra Lal Singh13 March 19671 November 1971Sukhamoy Sengupta20 March 197230 March 1977Prafulla Kumar Das1 April 197725 July 1977Radhika Ranjan Gupta26 July 19774 November 1977Nripen Chakraborty 5 January 197811 January 1983Nripen Chakraborty11 January 19835 February 1988Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar 5 February 198819 February 1992Samir Ranjan Barman19 February 199210 March 1993Dasarath Deb10 April 199311 March 1998Manik Sarkar11 March 19987 March 2003Manik Sarkar7 March 200310 March 2008Manik Sarkar10 March 20086 March 2013Manik Sarkar6 March 20138 March 2018Ratan Lal Nath9 March 20182 March 2023Manik Saha10 March 2023Incumbent

+ Ministers of Parliamentary Affairs Name PortraitTerm of officePrafulla Kumar Das 1 February 1971 1 November 1971Sukhamoy Sengupta20 March 197224 April 1975Debendra Kishore Chaudhury25 April 197530 March 1977Prafulla Kumar Das4 April 197725 April 1977Radhika Ranjan Gupta26 April 19775 August 1977Kalipada Banerjee6 August 19774 November 1977Anil Sarkar6 January 197810 January 1983Anil Sarkar11 January 19835 February 1988Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar7 February 19883 April 1989Arun Kumar Kar4 September 198919 February 1992Samir Ranjan Barman25 February 199217 May 1992Ratan Chakraborty (Minister of State) Independent Charge18 May 199210 March 1993Dasarath Deb10 April 199311 March 1998Keshab Majumder10 March 199828 February 2003Keshab Majumder7 March 20033 March 2008Tapan Chakraborty10 March 200828 February 2013Tapan Chakraborty6 March 20138 March 2018Ratan Lal Nath9 March 20189 March 2023Ratan Lal Nath10 March 2023Incumbent

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