Law
Law
Overview

The Law Division is the Point of Contact in the NITI Aayog for the Ministry of Law and Justice. The Division undertakes reviews of Cabinet Notes and new law drafts for legal scrutiny and generating opinions from a Law and Justice Perspective for the subject matters raised. Working towards legal and regulatory reforms in the Judicial and other industrial sectors where regulations are involved are also a focus area.

Core Functions

  1. Litigation related work, drafting and vetting of pleadings/responses/affidavits on behalf of NITI Aayog.

  2. Drafting and vetting of legal documents.

  3. Vetting and legal evaluation of guidelines/ policy.

  4. Appraisal of Programmes or projects requiring legal scrutiny.

  5. Examining proposals referred by Ministry of Law & Justice.

  6. Drafting support and review of legislations and rules.

  7. Research and Analysis in legal domain.

Line Ministries

  1. Ministry of Law and Justice (ML&J)

Partners

  1. Institutional Partners: National Law University, Delhi

  2. Expert Database

Reports
  1. Old is Not Always Gold – A Case Study on Repealing Statutes
  2. Designing the Future of Dispute Resolution – The ODR Policy Plan for India
  3. The Judiciary and the Executive: A Curious Case of the Conservationist
  4. Decolonizing the Indian Statute Book
Who’s Who
Name Designation Contact
Major General K Narayanan,AVSM**, SM (Retd) Programme Director knarayanan[dot]178x[at]gov[dot]in
Dr (Ms.) Banusri Velpandian Senior Specialist (Law) banusri[dot]v[at]gov[dot]in
Ms. J E Jaya Devi Consultant Grade 1 je[dot]jayadevi[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in
Sh. Abhishek Vaidya Young Professional a[dot]Vaidya[@]niti[dot]gov[dot]in
Sh. Akshat Shrivastava Young Professional srivastava[dot]Akshat[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in
Ms. Pali Singh Young Professional pali[dot]singh[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in
Sh. Sahil Asiwal Young Professional sahil[dot]asiwal[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in
Sh. Salil Tripathy Young Professional salilkumar[dot]t[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in
Ms. Shivani Srivastava Young Professional shivani[dot]sri[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in
Ms. Sanjana Choudhary Stenographer Sanjana[dot]choudhary[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in