Centre reappoints Tushar Mehta as Solicitor General of India for 3 more years

Centre reappoints Tushar Mehta as Solicitor General of India for 3 more years

Daily Current Affairs / Centre reappoints Tushar Mehta as Solicitor General of India for 3 more years

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: July 04 2023

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The Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet approved the re-appointment of Tushar Mehta as Solicitor General for India, for a period of three years.
He has been appointed along with his team of six additional solicitor generals (ASG) in the Supreme Court.
Vikramjit Banerjee, KM Nataraj, Balbir Singh, SV Raju, N Venkataraman and Aishwarya Bhati have been re-appointed as Additional Solicitors General (ASGs).
Mehta has been continuing as SG since October 2018.
In addition, the ACC has also approved the re-appointment of ASG Chetan Sharma for the Delhi high court, ASG Satya Pal Jain for Punjab & Haryana high court, ASG Devang Girish Vyas for Gujarat high court and ASG Krishna Nandan Singh for Patna high court.
The SGI is the second highest law officer in the country, assists the Attorney General, and is assisted by the Additional Solicitor General of India (Additional SGI).
The Attorney General for India is the highest law officer of the country. Senior advocate R Venkataramani was appointed AG on October 1 last year and has a tenure of three years till 2025

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