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The Attorney General for India (ISO: Bhārata Ke Mahānyāyavādī) is the chief legal advisor of the Government of India.The Attorney General is appointed by the President of India at the instance of the Union Cabinet under Article 76(1) of the Constitution and hold office during the pleasure of the President.
India's first Attorney General. Motilal Chimanlal Setalvad (c. 1884 – 1974) was an eminent Indian jurist , who became the first and longest serving Attorney General for India (1950–1963). [ 1 ] He also remained the Chairman of the first Law Commission of India (1955–1958), which has mandated for legal reform in the country by Government ...
Chander Kishan Daphtary (1 April 1893 – 18 February 1983) was an Indian lawyer and was the first Solicitor General of India from 1950 to 1963. He was the Attorney General for India from 1963 to 1968. [4] [5] He was the President of the Bar Association of India. [6] He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha the Upper House of Indian Parliament from ...
Lal Narayan Sinha was a lawyer who served as the Attorney General of India between 9 August 1979 and 8 August 1983, and as the Solicitor General of India from 17 July 1972 until 5 April 1977. He was educated at Patna Law College, Patna University. Sinha was the first Attorney General to represent a private party during their term in office. [1]
Chief Justice of the Republic of India: Sanjiv Khanna: 11 November 2024 Speaker of Lok Sabha: Om Birla: 19 June 2019 [4] Chief Election Commissioner: Rajiv Kumar: 15 May 2022 [5] Comptroller and Auditor General: K.Sanjay Murthy 21 November 2024 Chairperson of Union Public Service Commission: Preeti Sudan: 1 August 2024 Attorney General: R ...
Cornelia Sorabji (15 November 1866 – 6 July 1954) was an Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer.She was the first female graduate from Bombay University, and the first woman to study law at Oxford University.
Keshava Parasaran (born 9 October 1927) is a lawyer from India. He was Advocate General of Tamil Nadu during the president's rule in 1976, Solicitor General of India under the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and Attorney General of India under Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi between 1983 and 1989 until the end of Rajiv's tenure.
The charter Act 1833 re-designated the office with the title of Governor-General of India. William Bentinck was the first to be designated as the Governor-general of India in 1833. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the company rule was brought to an end, but the British India along with princely states came under the direct rule of the ...