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Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
कानून, न्याय तथा संसदीय मामिला मन्त्रालय
Emblem of Nepal
Agency overview
Formed1950
JurisdictionGovernment of Nepal
HeadquartersSingha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Minister responsible
Websitemoljpa.gov.np

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.[1] The minister is one of the most-senior officers in the Federal Cabinet.

History

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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.[2]

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

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Ministers of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs

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Some individuals were known as the Minister of Law, Minister of Law and Justice, Minister of State for Law and Justice or the Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.

  Denotes an Prime Minister

SM Minister of State
† Died in office
§ Resigned
® Reappointed

Name Assumed office Left office
Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs
Kaji Manik Lal Rajbhandari 14 August 1952 15 June 1953
Suryanath Das Yadav[3] 15 June 1953 18 February 1954
Bhadrakali Mishra[3] 18 February 1954 11 April 1955
Ananda Shamsher[3] 14 April 1955 27 January 1956
Aniruddha Prasad Singh[3] 27 January 1956 5 February 1957
Aruna Shumsher J.B. Rana 5 February 1957 26 July 1957
Damar Bahadur Singh[3] 26 July 1957 15 May 1958
Ranadhir Subba[3] 15 May 1958 27 May 1959
Surya Prasad Upadhyaya[4] 27 May 1959 30 June 1959
Minister of Law
Surya Prasad Upadhyaya 30 June 1959 15 December 1960
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Anirudha Prasad Singh[3][5] 27 December 1960 2 July 1962
Minister of Law and Justice
Anirudha Prasad Singh 3 July 1962 2 April 1963
Surya Bahadur Thapa[3] 2 April 1963 16 June 1965
Badanand Jha 16 June 1965 11 April 1966
Bhuwan Lai Pradham[6] 12 April 1966 10 August 1966
Nagendra Prasad Rijal 10 August 1966 29 May 1967
Surendra Bahadur Basnyat[7] 29 May 1967 25 September 1968
Basudev Prasad Dhungana[8][9][10] 25 September 1968[SM] 6 April 1969
7 April 1969 12 April 1970
Narendra Kumar Pradhan 13 April 1970 13 April 1971
Shambhu Prasad Gewali[11][12] 14 April 1971 15 April 1972
Rabindra Nath Sharma[13] 16 April 1972 15 July 1973
Lal Bahadur Khadayat 16 July 1973 28 March 1974
Hom Bahadur Shrestha[14] 29 March 1974 14 April 1975
Bhoj Raj Ghimire 14 April 1975 12 June 1975
Pitambar Dhoj Khati 13 June 1975[SM] 1 December 1975
Jog Meher Shrestha 2 December 1975 2 September 1976
Rabindra Nath Sharma 3 September 1976 16 May 1977
Jog Meher Shrestha 17 May 1977 11 September 1977
Hom Bahadur Shrestha 12 September 1977 26 November 1978
Shri Bhadra Sharma 27 November 1978[SM] 9 December 1978
Damador S.J.B. Rana 10 December 1978 13 April 1979
Krishna Prasad Pant 14 April 1979[SM] 31 May 1979
Dambar Bahadur Basnet 1 June 1979[SM] 14 January 1980
Marich Man Singh[15] 15 January 1980 31 May 1980
Nain Bahadar Swanr[16] 1 June 1980 15 June 1981
Bishnu Maden[17] 16 June 1981[SM] 9 October 1982
Bakhan Singh Gurung[18] 10 October 1982 1 July 1983
13 July 1983 8 February 1984[†]
Padma Bahadur Khatri 8 February 1984 2 April 1984
Bishnu Maden 3 April 1984[SM] 16 September 1984
Radhye Shyam Kamaro[19] 17 September 1984[SM] 20 March 1986
Rudra Prasad Giri 21 March 1986 15 June 1986
Hari Narayan Rajauriya[20][21][22] 16 June 1986 8 March 1988
Badri Prasad Mandal[23][24] 9 March 1988[SM] 13 October 1988
31 October 1988 31 March 1990
Jit Singh Khadka 1 April 1990[SM] 5 April 1990
Nain Bahadur Swanr 6 April 1990 18 April 1990
Nilamber Acharya[25] 19 April 1990 28 May 1991
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Taranath Ranabhat[26][27] 29 May1991 29 December 1991
Maheshwar Prasad Singh[28][29][30] 30 December 1991 29 November 1994
Subash Chandra Nemwang[31] 30 November 1994[SM] 28 December 1994
29 December 1994 29 August 1995§
30 August 1995[®] 11 September 1995
Kamal Thapa 12 september 1995 21 September 1995
Minister of Law and Justice
Bhim Bahadur Tamang[32] 22 September 1995 10 March 1997
Rameshwar Raya Yadav 12 March 1997 24 March 1997
Prem Bahadur Singh 25 March 1997 26 July 1997
30 June 1997 21 September 1997
Bharat Mohan Adhikari 22 September 1997 6 October 1997
Surya Bahadur Thapa 7 October 1997 2 December 1997
Siddhi Raj Ojha[33] 3 December 1997 12 April 1998
21 April 1998 25 August 1998
Sita Nandan Raya 26 August 1998 5 December 1998
Bharat Mohan Adhikari 25 December 1998 27 may 1999
Taranath Ranabhat[34][35][36] 31 May 1999 21 June 1999
Omkar Prasad Shrestha 22 June 1999 29 June 1999
Tarinee Datt Chataut 30 June 1999 22 February 2000
Prakash Man Singh 10 March 2000 21 March 2000
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Mahantha Thakur[37] 22 March 2000 25 July 2001
Sher Bahadur Deuba 26 July 2001 17 October 2001
Narendra Bikram Nembang 18 October 2001 4 October 2002
Dharma Bahadur Thapa 11 October 2002 10 April 2003
Lokendra Bahadur Chand 11 April 2003 4 June 2003
Surya Bahadur Thapa 5 June 2003 3 August 2003
Hari Bahadur Basnet 4 August 2003 2 June 2004
Sher Bahadur Deuba 3 June 2004 4 July 2004
Tek Bahadur Chokhyal 5 July 2004 1 February 2005
Dharma Bahapur Thapa[38] 2 February 2005 13 February 2005
Tulsi Giri 14 February 2005 13 July 2005
Niranjan Thapa 14 July 2005 23 April 2006
Narendra Bikram Nembang[39][40] 22 May 2006 1 April 2007
1 April 2007 18 August 2008
Minister of Law, Justice and Constitution Assembly
Dev Gurung[41] 22 August 2008 22 May 2009
Madhav Kumar Nepal 23 May 2009 17 June 2009
Minister of Law and Justice
Madhav Kumar Nepal 17 June 2009 2 July 2009
Prem Bahadur Singh[42] 3 July 2009 5 February 2011
Jhala Nath Khanal 6 February 2011 9 March 2011
Krishna Bahadur Mahara[43] 10 March 2011 3 May 2011
Prabhu Sah 4 May 2011 29 August 2011
Hridayesh Tripathi 4 September 2011 14 September 2011
Brijesh Kumar Gupta 15 September 2011 4 May 2012
Minister of Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly and Parliamentary Affairs
Krishna Prasad Sitaula 18 May 2012 29 May 2012
Baburam Bhattarai 30 May 2012 13 March 2013
Hari Prasad Neupane 14 March 2013 11 February2014

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

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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.[44][45]

Name Party Assumed office Left office
1 Narahari Acharya[46] Nepali Congress 25 February 2014 c. 12 October 2015[citation needed]
2 Agni Kharel[47] Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 12 October 2015 14 August 2016
3 Ajaya Shankar Nayak[48] Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) 14 August 2016 31 May 2017
4 Yagya Bahadur Thapa[49] Nepali Congress 26 July 2017 15 February 2018
5 Sher Bahadur Tamang[50] Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 16 March 2018 17 May 2018
Nepal Communist Party 17 May 2018 24 July 2018[51]
6 Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal[52] 3 August 2018 20 November 2019
7 Upendra Yadav[53] Samajbadi Party, Nepal 25 November 2019 24 December 2019[54]
8 Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal[55] Nepal Communist Party 10 January 2020 17 February 2020
9 Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe[56] 17 February 2020 25 December 2020
10 Lila Nath Shrestha 25 December 2020 8 March 2021
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 8 March 2021 12 July 2021
11 Gyanendra Bahadur Karki Nepali Congress 13 July 2021 8 October 2021
12 Dilendra Prasad Badu 8 October 2021 7 April 2022
13 Gobinda Prasad Sharma (Koirala) Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) 7 April 2022 9 October 2022
14 Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan Rastriya Prajatantra Party 17 January 2023 25 February 2023
15 Dhanraj Gurung Nepali Congress 3 May 2023[57][58]
16 Padam Giri Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 4 March 2024 12 September 2025
17 Om Prakash Aryal 15 September 2025 Incumbent

See also

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