About Us

At the time of establishment of State of Bihar, the present Law Department was named as Law (Judicial) Department. It was placed under the overall supervision and control of the Revenue Secretary. The works assigned to it were giving advice in the matters of all Bills, initiation and drafting of Bills, the codification and consolidation of the existing law and formal legislation, revision of Acts, Orders and Collections of Statutory Rules and Orders and the Publication in the official Gazette of the results of elections to the Bihar Legislature. After independence, the Judicial and Legislative Department was separated from Revenue Department and kept under the control of the Secretary-cum-Legal Remembrancer and works assigned to it had been expanded. The works of Establishment of Civil Courts, Jurisdiction of Judicial Officers and Appointment of Advocate General had been included in it and the works related to the election had been excluded from the works of Law Department.
After the independence India has adopted Welfare State Policy through Constitution. Accordingly, to achieve this goal, the Department of Law is working tirelessly. Presently, It provides opinion to all the department with regard to legal matters and co-ordinates with Advocate General's Office in filling of L.P.A., S.L.P. and other matters in Hon'ble High Court and Supreme Court. It also works for creating infrastructure for the several Courts so that the speedy disposal of the cases may be possible. Sanction of prosecution under Cr. P.C, I.P.C. and etc., and withdrawal of cases is also assigned to the law Department. All the drafts of Ordinances Bills Rules, Regulations, Bylaws, Legal orders Notifications Government Policies relating to the all the Department of Government of Bihar are Vetted by the Law Department. A Separate Litigation Cell has been also created under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary under the Department.

Vision

The rules of executive business classify and distribute works among various departments of State Government in the Secretariat. The works allotted to Law Department are as follows:-(1) Judicial Section.

1. Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure.
2. Civil Procedure including the law of limitation.
3. Evidence and Oaths, recognition of law, public acts and records and judicial Proceedings.
4. Trusts and Trustees, other than Religious and Charitable Endowment and Trusts for educational purposes.
5. Contracts, agency, contract of carriage and other special form of contract but not including contracts relating agricultural land.
6. Arbitration.
7. Bankruptcy and insolvency, Administrators General and official Trustees.
8. Administration of justice, constitution, organization jurisdiction and powers of all courts within the State except the Supreme Court and High Court and fees taken therein;

1. Acts, Administration and extension for judicial purposes.
2. Appeals against sentences in Lower Courts.
3. Civil court buildings and establishments.
4. Civil language.
5. Forms - judicial
6. Appointment of Advocate-General and other law officers of Government.
7. interstate property.
8. Justification of Judicial officers.
9. Law book, Law Reports, Chronological tables.
10. Conducts of legal business.
11. Criminal lunatics.
12. Position for Mercy from remission or suspension ( under section 432 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973) of the sentences of all prisoners extraction.
13. Release of convicts with whole-life imprisonment sentence.
14. Probate and letters of administration granted to persons of European extraction.