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P. P. Chaudhary
Politician and senior advocate From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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P. P. Chaudhary (born 12 July 1953) is an Indian senior advocate and politician who has served as a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, representing Pali constituency in Rajasthan since 2014. Previously, he had served as a Minister of State for Corporate Affairs, Law and Justice, and Electronics and Information Technology. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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He is currently serving as the Chairperson of the Joint Committee on One Nation, One Election. He has previously served as Chairperson of the Committee on External Affairs, Chairperson of The Joint Committee on the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill 2022, Chairperson of The Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 & Joint Committee on Offices of Profit. He is currently also a member of the Estimates Committee, Business Advisory Committee, Finance Committee, Law & Justice Committee, Select Committee on Income Tax Bill 2025, and Consultative Committee of Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India. [3][4][5]
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Early life and education
Chaudhary was born on 12 July 1953 as the son of Prabhu Ram Chaudhary and Dhaku Devi in Bhavi village of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India to a farming family. He joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Shakha and his early education was done in the life of Pracharaks of RSS. He obtained two bachelor's degrees, B.Sc. and L.L.B. from Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur. He started practicing law from 1978 in the Jodhpur High Court. He is married to Veena Pani Chaudhary and has two children.[6]
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He won his first Indian general elections in 2014 from Pali Lok Sabha constituency with a victory margin of over 4 lakh votes and in 2019 with a margin of 5 lakh votes and again in 2024 with a margin of 2.5 lakh. He was felicitated with the 'Sansad Ratna Award' for two consecutive years in 2015 & 2016 for outstanding performance in Lok Sabha. [7]
Ministerial roles
Chaudhary was sworn in as Minister of state in the Union Council of Ministers on 5 July 2016 and assumed charge at the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. As part of his charge, he has worked on bridging the digital divide between urban and rural areas, promoting connection of as many as 1 lakh gram panchayats by the optical fibre network and bringing Wi-fi hotspots to all villages.[citation needed]
Chaudhary also held the post of Minister of State for Ministry of Law and Justice from 5 July 2016 to 30 May 2019, working with Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. As Minister of State, Chaudhary represented the Government of India at the Marrakech Law Ministers International Conference on Justice in Marrakech, Morocco, under the theme “the independence of the judiciary” from 01 - 5 April 2018. He also led a delegation to the SCO Justice Ministers’ Meeting in Tashkent in October 2017 as MoS.[citation needed]
Chaudhary was designated the post of Minister of State for Ministry of Corporate Affairs on 3 September 2017. As minister of state he undertook a massive drive to strike off names of 2.5 lakh non-compliant shell companies.[8][9][10] [11][12]
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Legal career
Chaudhary has been practicing law since 1978 in High Courts and the Supreme Court of India. He has been designated as senior advocate at the Jodhpur HC and at the Supreme Court of India. He has a profile of around 11000 (Eleven Thousand) cases, mostly Constitutional Litigation including matters relating to - Constitutional Law, Land Acquisition, Farmers Grievances, Labour & Service, Central Excise & Customs, PIL - related to restoration of natural water bodies & dams, Mines and Minerals, Covenants, Arbitrations, Indian Bankruptcy code and Companies Law.[13][14]
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