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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.
In India, an advocate general is a legal advisor to a state government. [1] The post was created by the Constitution of India (vide Article 165) and corresponds to that of Attorney General for India at the union government level.
List of Law Officers Attorney General for India Appointment Term Length R. Venkataramani: 1 October 2022 2 years, 151 days Solicitor General of India Appointment Term Length Tushar Mehta: 10 October 2018: 6 years, 142 days Additional Solicitors General Appointment Term Length Vikramjit Banerjee Supreme Court: 5 March 2018: 6 years, 361 days
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to represent the Government of India in any reference made by the President to the Supreme Court under Article 143 of the Constitution; and; to discharge such other functions as are conferred on a Law Officer by or under the Constitution or any other Law for the time being in force.
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.
Mukul Rohatgi is an Indian lawyer and designated senior counsel, and was the 12th Attorney General for India. He was succeeded by K. K. Venugopal, whom he was also offered to succeed to hold the position again, but he declined. [1] He had a tenure of three years as Attorney General, from 19 June 2014 to 18 June 2017.
Ashok H. Desai (18 December 1932 – 13 April 2020) was an Indian lawyer, practising in the Supreme Court of India. He held office as the Attorney General of India from 9 July 1996 to 6 May 1998. Earlier, he was the Solicitor General of India from 18 December 1989 to 2 December 1990.