No.
|
Portrait
|
Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
|
Term of office
|
Political party
|
Ministry
|
Prime Minister
|
From
|
To
|
Period
|
Minister of Law
|
1
|
|
|
B. R. Ambedkar
(1891?1956)
MP for
Bombay
|
15 August
1947
|
11 October
1951
|
4 years, 57 days
|
Scheduled Castes Federation
|
Nehru I
|
|
Jawaharlal Nehru
|
2
|
|
|
Kailash Nath Katju
(1887?1968)
MP for
United Provinces
|
5 November
1951
|
13 May
1952
|
190 days
|
Indian National Congress
|
3
|
|
|
Charu Chandra Biswas
(1888?1960)
Rajya Sabha MP for
West Bengal
|
13 May
1952
|
17 April
1957
|
4 years, 339 days
|
Nehru II
|
4
|
|
|
Ashoke Kumar Sen
(1913?1996)
MP for
Calcutta North West
(MoS until 12 May 1958)
|
18 April
1957
|
10 April
1962
|
8 years, 281 days
|
Nehru III
|
10 April
1962
|
27 May
1964
|
Nehru IV
|
27 May
1964
|
9 June
1964
|
Nanda I
|
|
Gulzarilal Nanda
|
9 June
1964
|
11 January
1966
|
Shastri
|
|
Lal Bahadur Shastri
|
11 January
1966
|
24 January
1966
|
Nanda II
|
|
Gulzarilal Nanda
|
5
|
|
|
Gopal Swarup Pathak
(1896?1982)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Uttar Pradesh
|
24 January
1966
|
13 March
1967
|
1 year, 48 days
|
Indira I
|
|
Indira Gandhi
|
6
|
|
|
Panampilly Govinda Menon
(1906?1970)
MP for
Mukundapuram
|
13 March
1967
|
23 May
1970
|
3 years, 71 days
|
Indira II
|
7
|
|
|
Kengal Hanumanthaiah
(1908?1980)
MP for
Bangalore City
|
26 June
1970
|
18 March
1971
|
265 days
|
|
Minister of Law and Justice
|
8
|
|
|
H. R. Gokhale
(1915?1978)
MP for
Mumbai North West
|
18 March
1971
|
5 February
1973
|
1 year, 324 days
|
Indian National Congress (R)
|
Indira III
|
|
Indira Gandhi
|
Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs
|
(8)
|
|
|
H. R. Gokhale
(1915?1978)
MP for
Mumbai North West
|
5 February
1973
|
24 March
1977
|
4 years, 47 days
|
Indian National Congress (R)
|
Indira III
|
|
Indira Gandhi
|
9
|
|
|
Shanti Bhushan
(1925?2023)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Uttar Pradesh
|
26 March
1977
|
28 July
1979
|
2 years, 124 days
|
Janata Party
|
Desai
|
|
Morarji Desai
|
10
|
|
|
Justice (Retd.)
Hans Raj Khanna
(1912?2008)
Unelected
|
30 July
1979
|
3 August
1979
|
4 days
|
Janata Party (Secular)
|
Charan
|
|
Charan Singh
|
11
|
|
|
Shyam Nath Kacker
(born unknown)
Unelected
|
3 August
1979
|
14 January
1980
|
164 days
|
12
|
|
|
P. Shiv Shankar
(1929?2017)
MP for
Secunderabad
|
14 January
1980
|
15 January
1982
|
2 years, 1 day
|
Indian National Congress (I)
|
Indira IV
|
|
Indira Gandhi
|
13
|
|
|
Jagannath Kaushal
(1915?2001)
MP for
Chandigarh
|
15 January
1982
|
31 October
1984
|
2 years, 290 days
|
Minister of Law and Justice
|
(13)
|
|
|
Jagannath Kaushal
(1915?2001)
MP for
Chandigarh
|
4 November
1984
|
31 December
1984
|
57 days
|
Indian National Congress (I)
|
Rajiv I
|
|
Rajiv Gandhi
|
(4)
|
|
|
Ashoke Kumar Sen
(1913?1996)
MP for
Calcutta North West
|
31 December
1984
|
31 March
1987
|
2 years, 90 days
|
Rajiv II
|
(12)
|
|
|
P. Shiv Shankar
(1929?2017)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Gujarat
|
25 July
1987
|
14 February
1988
|
204 days
|
14
|
|
|
Bindeshwari Dubey
(1921?1993)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Bihar
|
14 February
1988
|
26 June
1988
|
133 days
|
15
|
|
|
B. Shankaranand
(1925?2009)
MP for
Chikkodi
|
25 June
1988
|
2 December
1989
|
1 year, 160 days
|
16
|
|
|
Dinesh Goswami
(1935?1991)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Assam
|
6 December
1989
|
10 November
1990
|
339 days
|
Asom Gana Parishad
|
Vishwanath
|
|
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
|
17
|
|
|
Subramanian Swamy
(born 1939)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Uttar Pradesh
|
21 November
1990
|
21 June
1991
|
212 days
|
Janata Party
|
Chandra Shekhar
|
|
Chandra Shekhar
|
Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs
|
18
|
|
|
Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
(1920?2001)
MP for
Kurnool
|
21 June
1991
|
9 October
1992
|
1 year, 110 days
|
Indian National Congress (I)
|
Rao
|
|
P. V. Narasimha Rao
|
?
|
|
|
P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921?2004)
MP for
Nandyal
(Prime Minister)
|
9 October
1992
|
16 May
1996
|
3 years, 220 days
|
19
|
|
|
Ram Jethmalani
(1923?2019)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Maharashtra
|
16 May
1996
|
1 June
1996
|
16 days
|
Independent
|
Vajpayee I
|
|
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
|
20
|
|
|
P. Chidambaram
(born 1945)
MP for
Sivaganga
|
1 June
1996
|
29 June
1996
|
28 days
|
Tamil Maanila Congress
|
Deve Gowda
|
|
H. D. Deve Gowda
|
21
|
|
|
Ramakant Khalap
(born 1946)
MP for
Panaji
(MoS, I/C)
|
29 June
1996
|
21 April
1997
|
1 year, 263 days
|
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
|
21 April
1997
|
19 March
1998
|
Gujral
|
|
Inder Kumar Gujral
|
22
|
|
|
M. Thambidurai
(born 1947)
MP for
Karur
|
19 March
1998
|
8 April
1999
|
1 year, 20 days
.
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|
Vajpayee II
|
|
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
|
23
|
|
|
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
(1952?2000)
MP for
Tiruchirappalli
|
9 April
1999
|
8 June
1999
|
60 days
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
(19)
|
|
|
Ram Jethmalani
(1923?2019)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Maharashtra
|
8 June
1999
|
13 October
1999
|
1 year, 45 days
|
Independent
|
13 October
1999
|
23 July
2000
|
Vajpayee III
|
24
|
|
|
Arun Jaitley
(1952?2019)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Uttar Pradesh
(MoS, I/C until 7 November 2000)
|
24 July
2000
|
1 July
2002
|
1 year, 342 days
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
Minister of Law and Justice
|
25
|
|
|
Jana Krishnamurthi
(1928?2007)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Gujarat
|
1 July
2002
|
29 January
2003
|
212 days
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
Vajpayee III
|
|
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
|
(24)
|
|
|
Arun Jaitley
(1952?2019)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Uttar Pradesh
|
29 January
2003
|
22 May
2004
|
1 year, 114 days
|
26
|
|
|
H. R. Bhardwaj
(1939?2020)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Madhya Pradesh
, until 2006
Rajya Sabha MP for
Haryana
, from 2006
|
23 May
2004
|
22 May
2009
|
4 years, 364 days
|
Indian National Congress
|
Manmohan I
|
|
Manmohan Singh
|
27
|
|
|
Veerappa Moily
(born 1940)
MP for
Chikballapur
|
28 May
2009
|
12 July
2011
|
2 years, 45 days
|
Manmohan II
|
28
|
|
|
Salman Khurshid
(born 1953)
MP for
Farrukhabad
|
12 July
2011
|
28 October
2012
|
1 year, 108 days
|
29
|
|
|
Ashwani Kumar
(born 1952)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Punjab
|
28 October
2012
|
11 May
2013
|
348 days
|
30
|
|
|
Kapil Sibal
(born 1948)
MP for
Chandni Chowk
|
11 May
2013
|
26 May
2014
|
1 year, 15 days
|
31
|
|
|
Ravi Shankar Prasad
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Bihar
|
27 May
2014
|
9 November
2014
|
167 days
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
Modi I
|
|
Narendra Modi
|
32
|
|
|
D. V. Sadananda Gowda
(born 1953)
MP for
Bangalore North
|
9 November
2014
|
5 July
2016
|
1 year, 239 days
|
(31)
|
|
|
Ravi Shankar Prasad
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for
Bihar
, till 2019
MP for
Patna Sahib
, from 2019
|
5 July
2016
|
30 May
2019
|
5 years, 2 days
|
31 May
2019
|
7 July
2021
|
Modi II
|
33
|
|
|
Kiren Rijiju
(born 1971)
MP for
Arunachal West
|
7 July
2021
|
18 May
2023
|
1 year, 315 days
|
34
|
|
|
Arjun Ram Meghwal
(born 1953)
MP for
Bikaner
(MoS, I/C)
|
18 May
2023
|
9 June
2024
|
1 year, 36 days
|
10 June
2024
|
Incumbent
|
Modi III
|