കേന്ദ്ര നീതിന്യായവകുപ്പ് മന്ത്രി(ഭാരതം)

കേന്ദ്ര നീതിന്യായവകുപ്പ് ഭാരതസർക്കാർ മന്ത്രാലങ്ങളിലെ ഏറ്റവും പഴയ കാര്യാലയമാണ്. ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് ഭരണം നിലവിലിരുന്ന കാലത്ത് ചാർട്ടർ ആൿറ്റ് 1883 നടപ്പായതോടെ നിലവിൽ വന്ന ഈ മന്ത്രാലയത്തിന്റെ പഴക്കം അതുകൊണ്ട് 1883വരെ നീളൂന്നു. അങ്ങനെ ഇന്ത്യൻ കൗൺസിൽ ആക്റ്റ് 1961 അനുസരിച്ച് ഗവർണർ ജനറൽ 1834 മുതൽ 1920 വരെ യുള്ള കാലഘട്ടത്തിലെ ഇന്ത്യയെ സംബന്ധിക്കുന്ന നിയമങ്ങൾ പ്രാബല്യത്തിലാക്കി. 1919ൽ ഗവർമെന്റ് ഒഫ് ഇന്ത്യ അൿറ്റ് 1919* അനുസരിച്ച് പുതുതായുണ്ടാക്കിയ ഇന്ത്യൻ ലജിസ്ലേച്ചർ അനുസരിച്ച് നടപ്പായി. തുടർന്ന് ഇന്ത്യ ഗവർമെന്റ് ആൿറ്റ് 1935, ഇന്ത്യൻ ഇൻഡിപെൻഡൻസ് അൿറ്റ് 1947 എന്നിവ അനുസരിച്ച് പ്രവർത്തിച്ചു. 1949 വരെ ഇന്ത്യൻ ദൊമിനിയൻ ലജിസ്ലേച്ചർ അനുസരിച്ചും പിന്നീട് ഭാരത നിയമഘടന 1950 ജനുവരി 26ന് നടപ്പായതോടെ ഇന്ത്യൻ പാർലമെന്റിലും നിക്ഷിപ്തമായി. .^[1]

ഭാരത സർക്കാർ (പ്രവൃത്തിവിഭജനം) ചട്ടങ്ങൾ 1961 അനുസരിച്ച് കേന്ദ്ര നീതിന്യായവകുപ്പ്മന്ത്രാലയത്തിനു താഴെപറയുന്ന വിഭാഗങ്ങളൂണ്ട്.

1. നിയമകാര്യവിഭാഗം,
2. നിയമനിർമ്മാണവിഭാഗം,
3. നീതിനിർവഹണവിഭാഗം ^[3]

The Legislative Department is mainly concerned with drafting of all principal legislation for the Central Government i.e. Bills to be introduced in Parliament, Ordinances to be promulgated by the President, measures to be enacted as President's Acts for States under the President's rule and Regulations to be made by the President for Union territories. It is also concerned with election Laws namely the Representation of the People Act 1950 and the Representation of the People Act 1951. In addition it is also entrusted with task of dealing with certain matters relating to List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution like personal law, contracts evidence etc. The responsibility of maintaining up to date the statutes enacted by Parliament is also with this Department. The Allocation of Business Rules identify the following functions to be carried out by this Department; [1]

1. The drafting of Bills, including the business of the Draftsmen in Select Committees, drafting and promulgation of Ordinances and Regulations; enactment of State Acts as President's Acts whenever required; scrutiny of Statutory Rules and Orders (except notifications under clause (a) of section 3, section 3A and section 3D, of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956)).
2. Constitution Orders; notifications for bringing into force Constitution (Amendment) Acts.
3. (a) Publication of Central Acts, Ordinance and Regulations; (b) Publication of authorised translations in Hindi of Central Acts, Ordinances, Orders, Rules, Regulations and bye-laws referred to in section 5(1) of the Official Languages Act, 1963 (19 of 1963).
4. Compilation and publication of unrepealed Central Acts, Ordinances and Regulations of general statutory Rules and Orders, and other similar publications.
5. Elections to Parliament, to the Legislatures of States, to the Offices of the President and Vice-President; and the Election Commission.
6. Preparation and publication of standard legal terminology for use, as far as possible, in all official languages.
7. Preparation of authoritative texts in Hindi of all Central Acts and of Ordinances promulgated and Regulations made by the President and of all rules, regulations and orders made by the Central Government under such Acts, Ordinances and Regulations.
8. Making arrangements for the translation into official languages of the States of Central Acts and of Ordinances promulgated and Regulations made by the President and for the translation of all State Acts and Ordinances into Hindi if the texts of such Acts or Ordinance are in a language other than Hindi.
9. Publication of law books and law journals in Hindi.
10. Marriage and divorce; infants and minors; adoption, wills; intestate and succession; joint family and partition.
11. Transfer of property other than agricultural land (excluding benami transactions registration of deeds and documents).
12. Contracts, but not including those relating to agricultural land.
13. Actionable wrongs.
14. Bankruptcy and insolvency.
15. Trusts and trustees, Administrators, General and Official Trustees.
16. Evidence and oaths.
17. Civil Procedure including Limitation and Arbitration.
18. Charitable and religious endowments and religious institutions.

The Department of Justice performs the administrative functions in relation to the appointment of various judges at various courts in India, maintenance and revision of the conditions and rules of service of the judges and other related areas. The Allocation of Business Rules identify the following functions to be carried out by this Department; [2]

1. Appointment, resignation and removal of the Chief Justice of India and Judges of the Supreme Court of India; their salaries, rights in respect of leave of absence (including leave allowances), pensions and travelling allowances.
2. Appointment, resignation and removal, etc., of Chief Justice and Judges of High Courts in States; their salaries, rights in respect of leave of absence (including leave allowances), pensions and travelling allowances.
3. Appointment of Judicial Commissioners and Judicial officers in Union Territories.
4. Constitution and organisation (excluding jurisdiction and powers) of the Supreme Court (but including contempt of such Court) and the fees taken therein.
5. Constitution and organisation of the High Courts and the Courts of Judicial Commissioners except provisions as to officers and servants of these courts.
6. Administration of justice and constitution and organisation of courts in the Union Territories and fees taken in such courts.
7. Court fees and Stamp duties in the Union Territories.
8. Creation of all India Judicial Service.
9. Conditions of service of District Judges and other Members of Higher Judicial Service of Union Territories.
10. Extension of the Jurisdiction of a High Court to a Union Territory or exclusion of a Union Territory from the Jurisdiction of a High Court.

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new act The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is a part of the Department of Revenue in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.[24] The CBDT provides essential inputs for policy and planning of direct taxes in India and is also responsible for administration of the direct tax laws through Income Tax Department. The CBDT is a statutory authority functioning under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963.It is India's official FATF unit.The Central Board of Revenue as the Department apex body charged with the administration of taxes came into existence as a result of the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1924. Initially the Board was in charge of both direct and indirect taxes. However, when the administration of taxes became too unwieldy for one Board to handle, the Board was split up into two, namely the Central Board of Direct Taxes and Central Board of Excise and Customs with effect from 1.1.1964. This bifurcation was brought about by constitution of the two Boards u/s 3 of the Central Boards of Revenue Act, 1963.

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