pal was the father of nine daughters (shanti rani, asha rani, leela rani, bela rani, nilima, roma rani, renu kana, lakshmi rani and smriti kana) and five sons (prasanta kumar, pradyot kumar, pronab kumar, pratip bijoy and pratul kumar). one son, pronab kumar pal, also became a lawyer (a barrister), as did his two sons-in-law, balai lal pal (with whom he co-authored a book ) and debi prasad pal (who also served as a judge of the calcutta high court and indian minister of state for finance).