Ministry of Law and Judiciary Department Maharashtra is a Ministry of Government of Maharashtra. The Ministry is currently headed by Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis.

Head office

Cabinet Ministers No.PortraitMinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryChief Minister From ToPeriod Minister of Law and Judiciary01Shantilal Shah 19601962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao Chavan02S. K. Wankhede 19621962Indian National Congress Yashwantrao II03S. K. Wankhede 19621963Indian National Congress Kannamwar lMarotrao Kannamwar04P. K. Sawant (Interim Chief Minister)19621963Indian National Congress Sawant IP. K. Sawant05Shantilal Shah 19631967Indian National Congress Vasantrao IVasantrao Naik06Vasantrao Naik (Chief Minister)19671972Indian National Congress Vasantrao II07Pratibha Patil 19721975Indian National Congress Vasantrao III09Abdul Rahman Antulay 19751977Indian National Congress Shankarrao IShankarrao Chavan10Husain Dalwai 19771978Indian National CongressVasantdada IVasantdada Patil11Ramrao Adik 19781978Indian National Congress (U)Vasantdada II12Sharad Pawar (Chief_Minister)19781980Indian Congress (Socialist) Pawar ISharad Pawar13Babasaheb Bhosale 19801982Indian National Congress Antulay Abdul Rahman Antulay14Babasaheb Bhosale (Chief Minister)19821983Indian National Congress Bhosale Babasaheb Bhosale15Sudhakarrao Naik 19831985Indian National Congress Vasantdada IIIVasantdada Patil16Sushilkumar Shinde 19601962Indian National Congress Vasantdada IV17Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (Chief Minister)19851986Indian National Congress NilangekarShivajirao Patil Nilangekar18Sushilkumar Shinde 19861988Indian National Congress Shankarrao II Shankarrao Chavan19Ramrao Adik 19881990Indian National Congress Pawar II Sharad Pawar20Sushilkumar Shinde 19901991Indian National Congress Pawar III21Sushilkumar Shinde 1991 1993Indian National Congress Sudhakarrao Sudhakarrao Naik 22Sharad Pawar (Chief Minister)19931995Indian National Congress Pawar IV Sharad Pawar23Liladhar Dake 19951999Shiv Sena Joshi Manohar Joshi24Liladhar Dake 19991999Shiv Sena Rane Narayan Rane25 Vilasrao Balkrishna Patil Undhalkar 19992003Indian National Congress Deshmukh I Vilasrao Deshmukh26 Sushilkumar Shinde (Chief Minister)20032004Indian National Congress Sushilkumar Sushilkumar Shinde27 Vilasrao Deshmukh (Chief Minister)20042007Indian National Congress Deshmukh II Vilasrao Deshmukh28 Ashok Chavan (Chief Minister)20082009Indian National Congress Ashok IAshok Chavan29 Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil 2009201pIndian National Congress Ashok II30 Prithviraj Chavan (Chief Minister)20102014Indian National Congress Prithviraj Prithviraj Chavan31 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister)20142019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis I Devendra Fadnavis32 Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister) (In Charge)20192019Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis II33 Uddhav Thackeray (Chief Minister)20192019Shiv Sena Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray34 Uddhav Thackeray (Chief Minister)20192022Shiv Sena35 Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister) (In Charge)20222022Shiv Sena (2022–present) Eknath Eknath Shinde36 Devendra Fadnavis (Deputy Chief Minister) 20222024Shiv Sena (2022–present) 37Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister) 2024IncumbentBharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis III Devendra Fadnavis

Ministers of State

No.PortraitDeputy MinisterTerm of officePolitical party MinistryMinisterChief Minister From ToPeriod Deputy Minister of Law and Judiciary The Post of Deputy Minister / Minister of States has been kept Vacant from 23 November 2019 To 28 November 201920192019NA Fadnavis IIDevendra Fadnavis Devendra Fadnavis01Aditi Tatkare 20192022Nationalist Congress Party Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray The Post of Deputy Minister / Minister of States has been kept Vacant from 30 June 2022 20222024NA EknathEknath Shinde(2022 - 2022) Devendra Fadnavis (2022 - 2024) Eknath Shinde02Ashish Jaiswal 2024IncumbentShiv Sena (Shinde Group) Fadnavis IIIDevendra Fadnavis (2024 – Present) Devendra Fadnavis

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