Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (Nepal)

Executive: Federal Parliament: Judiciary: The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (Nepali: कानून, न्याय तथा संसदीय मामिला मन्त्रालय) is a governmental body of Nepal dealing with the management of the judicial administration, legal affairs and legislative activities.

[1] The minister is one of the most-senior officers in the Federal Cabinet.

The Department of Law (कानून विभाग) was established in 1950 before being developed into a ministry in 1956.

The term Parliamentary Affairs was added and dropped several times throughout the history of the ministry.

The minister's responsibility is to render opinions on, and to formulate and examine draft of, Bills, Ordinance, Rules and Formation Order, to render necessary opinions as required by the Government of Nepal on national and international legal disputes, to perform acts relating to unification and codification of laws, research, review, reform of Nepal law, international law, judicial system and administration of justice.