![]() Orders of appointment of Shri Justice Pritinker Diwaker, senior most Judge of the Allahabad High Court as Acting CJ of that HC ().Justice Sonia Giridhar Gokani, Judge Gujarat HC as CJ Gujarat HC () Orders of appointment of Shri Justice Sandeep Mehta, Judge, Rajasthan HC as CJ, Gauhati HC.Orders of appointment of Shri Justice N Kotiswar Singh, Judge Gauhati HC as CJ HC of J&Kand Ladakh.Orders of appointment of Shri Justice Jaswant Singh, Judge Orissa High Court as CJ Tripura HC.The functions of Department of Justice are given in Allocation of Business (Rules), 1961. In addition, the Department implements important schemes for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for Judiciary, setting up of Special Courts for speedy trial and disposal of cases of sensitive nature (Fast Track Special Court for cases of rape and POCSO Act), E-court Project on computerization of various courts across the country, legal aid to poor and access to justice, financial assistance to National Judicial Academy for providing training to the Judicial Officers of the country. The functions of the Department of Justice include the appointment, resignation and removal of the Chief Justice of India, Judges of the Supreme Court of India, Chief Justices and Judges of the High Courts and their service matters. The Organizational setup of the Department includes 01 Additional Secretary, 03 Joint Secretaries, 07 Directors/ Deputy Secretaries and 08 Under Secretaries. The Department is housed in the Jaisalmer House, 26, Man Singh Road, New Delhi. Keeping in view the increasing workload and formulating many policies and programmes on Judicial Reforms in the country, a separate Department namely Department of Justice was carved out from MHA and placed under the charge of Secretary to Government of India and it started working as such from 1 st January, 2010 under the Ministry of Law & Justice. Till, Department of Justice was part of Ministry of Home Affairs and Union Home Secretary had been the Secretary of Department of Justice. ![]() It is one of the oldest Ministries of the Government of India. As per the Allocation of Business (Rules), 1961, Department of Justice is a part of Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India. ![]()
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