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The Department of Law of state of Tamil Nadu is one of the Departments of
Government of Tamil Nadu Government of Tamil Nadu is the subnational government for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is seated at Fort St George, Chennai. The legislature of Tamil Nadu was bicameral until 1986, when it was replaced by a unicameral legislature, lik ...


Objective of the Department

The basic objective of the Department is: * Wherever Legislation is necessary to implement the policy decision of the Government, the Law Department, puts it into legal shape in the form of a draft Bill in co-ordination with the administrative departments concerned. * On passage of the Bill by the Legislative Assembly, Law Department pursues further action till it is published as an Act after assent by the Governor or the President, as the case may be. Where there is urgent need to make law when the Legislative Assembly is not in session and is prorogued, Ordinance is promulgated under Article 213 of the Constitution of India. * Further, one of the main roles of Law Department is advisory in nature. Law Department offers legal advice on the issues referred to it by all the departments of Secretariat including Legislative Assembly Secretariat. * Apart from this, the statutory rules, notifications and orders and the deeds wherein the State Government are a party are scrutinized with reference to the relevant legal provisions and settled by the Law department. * In all litigations, wherein the State Government are a party, the draft affidavits, draft counter affidavits, reply affidavits, etc. are scrutinized and settled by the Law Department \


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Undertakings & Bodies


Ministers for Law


See also

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Government of Tamil Nadu Government of Tamil Nadu is the subnational government for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is seated at Fort St George, Chennai. The legislature of Tamil Nadu was bicameral until 1986, when it was replaced by a unicameral legislature, lik ...
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Tamil Nadu Government's Departments The following are Government of Tamil Nadu Departments Introduction This a List of Government of Tamil Nadu's: * Departments headed by Principal Secretary (India) to the Government * Departments headed by Director (or) Commissioner of the Go ...
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Ministry of Law and Justice (India) The Ministry of Law and Justice in the Government of India is a cabinet ministry which deals with the management of the legal affairs, legislative activities and administration of justice in India through its three departments namely the Legis ...
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Tamil Nadu Government Laws & Rules This is a list of Tamil Nadu Government laws and rules. Tamil Nadu Government Laws and Rules Tamil Nadu Government Laws & Rules includes as follows: * Act * Manual * Regulations The Tamil Nadu Government Laws & Rules as two types as foll ...


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External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20121021093539/http://www.tn.gov.in/departments/law.html (Official Website of the Law Department, Tamil Nadu - 1) * http://www.tn.gov.in (Official website of Government of Tamil Nadu)


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