<p>New Delhi:Anju Rathi Rana, an Indian Legal Service officer, was on Wednesday appointed the new Union law secretary.</p>.<p>She is the first woman to be appointed secretary, legal affairs, who is also called the law secretary.</p>.<p>Rana joined the law ministry as a joint secretary in 2017. Prior to that, she was a public prosecutor in the Delhi government for 18 years.</p>.<p>A notification announcing her appointment was issued on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Niten Chandra, an IAS officer, was the last law secretary and the post was lying vacant for the past few months.</p>
<p>New Delhi:Anju Rathi Rana, an Indian Legal Service officer, was on Wednesday appointed the new Union law secretary.</p>.<p>She is the first woman to be appointed secretary, legal affairs, who is also called the law secretary.</p>.<p>Rana joined the law ministry as a joint secretary in 2017. Prior to that, she was a public prosecutor in the Delhi government for 18 years.</p>.<p>A notification announcing her appointment was issued on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Niten Chandra, an IAS officer, was the last law secretary and the post was lying vacant for the past few months.</p>