Department of Law (Tamil Nadu)

Department of Law of State of Tamil Nadu
Agency overview
Formed	1811
Jurisdiction	Tamil Nadu
Headquarters	Chennai
Minister responsible	S. Regupathy, Minister for Law Department;
Agency executives	C. Gopi Ravikumar, B.Sc., B.L.,, Secretary to Government; Keranappuch Joseph, Additional Secretary;
Parent agency	Government of Tamil Nadu
Website	Law Department

The Department of Law of state of Tamil Nadu is one of the Departments of Government of Tamil Nadu

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

Name	Website
Directorate of Legal Studies	http://www.tndce.in/
State Official Language Department	https://web.archive.org/web/20170804122107/http://www.tndte.com/

Name	Website
The Tamil Nadu state National Law School
The Tamil Nadu Dr.Ambedkar Law University	http://www.tndalu.ac.in/
Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority	http://www.tnlegalservices.tn.gov.in/

^ "Objective of the Department" (PDF). www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
^ "Sub - Departments under Law Department" (PDF). www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
^ "Organisations under the BC, MBC & MW Department" (PDF). www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

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)