Minister of Law, Justice and Human Rights
Minister of Law, Justice and Human Rights विधि, न्याय एवं मानवाधिकार मंत्री | |
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Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights | |
Member of | |
Reports to | Rashtradhyaksh Prime Minister |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | Rashtradhyaksh on the recommendation of the Prime Minister |
Term length | At His Illustrious and Royal Majesty's pleasure |
Formation | 10 July 2016 |
First holder | Bishnu Chetry |
Deputy | Minister of State for Law, Justice and Human Rights |
The Minister of Law, Justice and Human Rights (Hindi: विधि, न्याय एवं मानवाधिकार मंत्री) is a minister of the cabinet of Vishwamitra and the head of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights in the government of Vishwamitra. The position was created following the creation of the "Ministry of Legal Affairs" on 10 July 2016 and Bishnu Chetry was appointed as the first minister in the third ministry of prime minister Varuna Sriraya. The current minister is Arsal Abbas Mirza who has been in office since 29 March 2024 and is also the longest-serving minister in the ministry.
The Minister of Law, Justice and Human Rights is assisted by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights. The current minister of state is Ezekiel Ensor who has been in office since 15 June 2024.
History of office
The Ministers in the ministry have used various official titles and names. These are:
- 10 July 2016 – 27 November 2016: Minister of Legal Affairs
- 27 November 2016 – 15 June 2024: Minister of Law and Justice
- 15 June 2024 – present: Minister of Law, Justice and Human Rights
All the ministers except for Anirban Phatowali (2016–2017) and Rajdeep Deka (2017) were ministers with cabinet rank, while Phatowali and Deka were ministers of state with independent charge. Phatowali was later re-appointed to the ministry as a cabinet rank minister.
Cabinet Ministers
- Key
- MoS, I/C means Minister of State (Independent Charge)
- Caretaker Minister
No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | |||
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From | To | Period | ||||||
Minister of Legal Affairs | ||||||||
1 | ![]() |
Bishnu Chetry (born 2001) MP for North Krishnanagar I |
10 July 2016 |
27 November 2016 |
140 days | Secular Party | Varuna III | |
Minister of Law and Justice | ||||||||
2 | ![]() |
Tanishkaa Patranabish (born 2004) MP for Beltola (Deputy Prime Minister) |
27 November 2016 |
30 December 2016 |
33 days | Secular Party | Varuna III | |
3 | ![]() |
Anirban Phatowali (born 2009) MP for West Gotanagar (MoS, I/C) |
30 December 2016 |
17 February 2017 |
49 days | Varuna IV | ||
4 | ![]() |
Rajdeep Deka (born 2002) (MoS, I/C) |
17 February 2017 |
12 April 2017 |
54 days | Independent Party | ||
5 | ![]() |
Bhargab Jyoti Medhi (born 2001) MP for Devkotanagar |
12 April 2017 |
5 July 2017 |
148 days | Klarissa III | ||
5 July 2017 |
7 September 2017 |
Tanishkaa II | ||||||
6 | ![]() |
Kalyan Dey (born 2001) |
8 September 2017 |
3 November 2017 |
56 days | |||
(3) | ![]() |
Anirban Phatowali (born 2009) MP for West Gotanagar |
3 November 2017 |
25 December 2017 |
52 days | |||
7 | ![]() |
Asmi Patranabis (born 2007) |
25 December 2017 |
21 March 2018 |
86 days | Secular Party | Varuna V | |
(1) | ![]() |
Bishnu Chetry (born 2001) |
21 March 2018 |
13 May 2018 |
53 days | Congress | Varuna VI | |
8 | ![]() |
Sampriti Paul (born 2004) MP for Kahilipara |
14 May 2018 |
12 October 2018 |
151 days | Secular Party | Tanishkaa III | |
Interim Varuna II | ||||||||
9 | ![]() |
Manoj Chetry (born 2005) |
12 October 2018 |
6 January 2019 |
86 days | Congress | Varuna VII | |
10 | ![]() |
Klarissa Sriraya (born 2005) |
7 January 2019 |
13 March 2019 |
65 days | Tanishkaa IV | ||
– | ![]() |
Tanishkaa Patranabish (born 2004) (Prime Minister) |
17 March 2019 |
30 March 2019 |
13 days | Tanishkaa V | ||
11 | ![]() |
Abhiraj Kar (born 2006) MP for Bharat Sevashram |
30 March 2019 |
16 July 2019 |
108 days | |||
12 | ![]() |
Arnab Sil (born 2004) (Senior Minister) |
16 July 2019 |
6 August 2019 |
21 days | |||
(1) | ![]() |
Bishnu Chetry (born 2001) (Senior Minister) |
6 August 2019 |
17 August 2019 |
11 days | |||
(5) | ![]() |
Bhargab Jyoti Medhi (born 2001) |
17 August 2019 |
2 September 2019 |
16 days | |||
13 | ![]() |
Arnab Deka (born 2002) |
2 September 2019 |
29 September 2019 |
27 days | |||
(7) | ![]() |
Asmi Patranabis (born 2007) |
29 September 2019 |
5 October 2019 |
6 days | |||
– | ![]() |
Anirban Phatowali (born 2009) (Additional charge) |
5 October 2019 |
15 October 2019 |
10 days | |||
(13) | ![]() |
Arnab Deka (born 2002) |
15 October 2019 |
8 November 2019 |
24 days | |||
(7) | ![]() |
Asmi Patranabis (born 2007) |
8 November 2019 |
16 November 2019 |
8 days | |||
(13) | ![]() |
Arnab Deka (born 2002) |
16 November 2019 |
9 December 2019 |
23 days | |||
14 | ![]() |
Nishwan Baidantic (born 2001) |
9 December 2019 |
12 December 2019 |
3 days | |||
(1) | ![]() |
Bishnu Chetry (born 2001) |
12 December 2019 |
10 January 2020 |
29 days | |||
(13) | ![]() |
Arnab Deka (born 2002) |
10 January 2020 |
3 March 2020 |
53 days | |||
– | ![]() |
Sampriti Paul (born 2004) Caretaker Minister |
3 March 2020 |
22 March 2020 |
19 days | Congress | Anoushkaa I (Caretaker) | |
15 | ![]() |
Ankurjyoti Thakuria (born 2002) MP for Dadara |
22 March 2020 |
10 April 2020 |
19 days | Tanishkaa VI | ||
(14) | ![]() |
Nishwan Baidantic (born 2001) MP for Dhirenpara |
10 April 2020 |
30 April 2020 |
20 days | |||
(5) | ![]() |
Bhargab Jyoti Medhi (born 2001) Nominated MP |
13 May 2020 |
8 June 2020 |
26 days | Congress | Tanishkaa VII | |
(8) | ![]() |
Sampriti Paul (born 2004) MP for Kahilipara |
9 June 2020 |
17 June 2020 |
8 days | Anoushkaa II | ||
Position disestablished[a] | ||||||||
Minister of Law and Justice | ||||||||
– | ![]() |
Liam Alexander Baron Alexander (born 2005) (Deputy Prime Minister) Caretaker Minister |
28 January 2021 |
Less than a day (8 hours approx.) |
Royalist | Snagoveanu I (Caretaker) | ||
Advisor to the Prime Minister on Legal Affairs | ||||||||
– | ![]() |
Rashtradhyaksh Varuna Sriraya (born 2002) Caretaker Minister |
28 January 2021 |
1 March 2021 |
32 days | Independent | Snagoveanu I (Caretaker) | |
Minister of Law and Justice | ||||||||
17 | ![]() |
Cristian Dobrev (born 2004) MP for Radisson |
6 March 2021 |
18 June 2021 |
104 days | Independent | Snagoveanu II | |
18 | ![]() |
Ested Vlasyn Baron Vlasyn (born 2001) MP for National List |
18 June 2021 |
11 September 2021 |
85 days | Congress | ||
19 | ![]() |
Charles Burgardt (born 2002) |
11 September 2021 |
21 October 2021 |
40 days | Hazarika I | ||
– | ![]() |
Carson Snyder (born 2003) Caretaker Minister |
21 October 2021 |
22 November 2021 |
32 days | Independent | Pillin (Caretaker) | |
(19) | ![]() |
Charles Burgardt Count of Suffolk (born 2002) MP for Rajagriha (until Dec'2021) Councillor for Purvanchal (Jan–Apr'2022) MP for Maligaon (from May'2022) |
22 November 2021 |
12 May 2022 |
171 days | Congress | Hazarika II | |
20 | ![]() |
Lieutenant-General Rory Leonard Duke of Griffith (born 2007) MP for Kalapani |
12 May 2022 |
11 June 2022 |
30 days | Independent | Hazarika III | |
21 | ![]() |
Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia Duke Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia[b] (born 2002) MP for Basistha Central (until Nov'2022) MP for Kalapani (from Nov'2022) (Deputy Prime Minister from 26 November 2022) |
11 June 2022 |
11 November 2022 |
280 days | |||
12 November 2022 |
18 March 2023 |
Congress | Hazarika IV | |||||
22 | ![]() |
Arsal Abbas Mirza[c] (born 2006) MP for Dadara |
18 March 2023 |
9 October 2023 |
205 days | Independent | ||
23 | ![]() |
Matthew Tonna (born 2005) MP for Dakshin-Prant |
13 October 2023 |
29 March 2024 |
168 days | Hazarika V | ||
(22) | ![]() |
Arsal Abbas Mirza (born 2006) MP for Rajpur |
29 March 2024 |
15 June 2024 |
78 days | Klarissa IV | ||
Minister of Law, Justice and Human Rights | ||||||||
(23) | ![]() |
Arsal Abbas Mirza Sri Pradhana Singharya (born 2006) MP for Rajpur |
15 June 2024 |
Incumbent | 85 days | Independent | Klarissa IV |
- ↑ The competences of the ministry were merged into the Coordinating Ministry of Political, Legal and Security Affairs on 17 June 2020.
- ↑ Baron Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia of Nowshera until 12 November 2022
- ↑ Count Mirza until 6 August 2021
Ministers of State
No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | |||
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From | To | Period | ||||||
Minister of State for Law and Justice | ||||||||
1 | ![]() |
Tanvi Sridasa (born 2013) MP for Vinovanagar |
12 April 2017 |
5 July 2017 |
84 days | Independent Party | Klarissa III | |
2 | ![]() |
Debika Deka Pator Sarma (born 2007) MP for Noonmati |
5 July 2017 |
7 September 2017 |
64 days | Secular Party | Tanishkaa II | |
3 | ![]() |
Sampriti Paul (born 2004) MP for Kahilipara |
7 September 2017 |
25 December 2017 |
109 days | |||
4 | ![]() |
Pranjit Kalita (born 2005) |
25 December 2017 |
21 March 2018 |
86 days | Independent Party | Varuna V | |
5 | ![]() |
Arpan Deka (born 2008) MP for Adarsha |
16 July 2019 |
29 September 2019 |
75 days | Congress | Tanishkaa V | |
6 | ![]() |
Pallavi Rai (born 2005) MP for National List |
29 September 2019 |
16 November 2019 |
48 days | |||
7 | ![]() |
Jemina Hazarika (born 2006) |
16 November 2019 |
24 November 2019 |
8 days | |||
(4) | ![]() |
Pranjit Kalita (born 2005) |
26 November 2019 |
8 December 2019 |
12 days | |||
8 | ![]() |
Kevin Doan Baron Doan (born 2005) MP for National Capital Territory |
12 May 2022 |
11 June 2022 |
30 days | Independent | Hazarika III | |
9 | ![]() |
Johannes Mattias Toome Baron Toome (born 2006) MP for Dhirenpara |
18 March 2023 |
14 June 2023 |
88 days | Congress | Hazarika IV | |
10 | ![]() |
Benjamin Levinson (born 2009) |
31 May 2024 |
15 June 2024 |
15 days | Independent | Klarissa IV | |
Minister of State for Law, Justice and Human Rights | ||||||||
11 | ![]() |
Ezekiel Ensor Sri Nawab Haridran (born 2007) |
15 June 2024 | Incumbent | 85 days | Congress | Klarissa IV |
Timeline
Cabinet Ministers
The following is the list of the ministers in the descending order of their tenure in office:
- Arsal Abbas Mirza – 1 year, 2 days
- Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia – 280 days
- Bishnu Chetry – 233 days
- Charles Burgardt – 211 days
- Bhargab Jyoti Medhi – 190 days
- Sampriti Paul – 178 days
- Matthew Tonna – 168 days
- Arnab Deka – 127 days
- Anirban Phatowali – 111 days
- Abhiraj Kar – 108 days
- Cristian Dobrev – 104 days
- Asmi Patranabis – 100 days
- Manoj Chetry – 86 days
- Ested Vlasyn – 85 days
- Klarissa Sriraya – 65 days
- Kalyan Dey – 56 days
- Rajdeep Deka – 54 days
- Tanishkaa Patranabish – 46 days
- Varuna Sriraya and Carson Snyder – 32 days
- Rory Leonard – 30 days
- Nishwan Baidantic – 23 days
- Arnab Sil – 21 days
- Ankurjyoti Thakuria – 19 days
- Liam Alexander – 0 day
Ministers of State
The following is the list of the ministers of state in the descending order of their tenure in office:
- Sampriti Paul – 109 days
- Pranjit Kalita – 98 days
- Johannes Mattias Toome – 88 days
- Tanvi Sridasa – 84 days
- Ezekiel Ensor – 85 days
- Arpan Deka – 75 days
- Debika Deka Pator Sarma – 64 days
- Pallavi Rai – 48 days
- Kevin Doan – 30 days
- Benjamin Levinson – 15 days
- Jemina Hazarika – 8 days