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Additional Solicitor General of India

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Additional Solicitor General of India abbreviated as Addl. SGI is a law officer of India who assists the Solicitor-General and the Attorney-General. Addl. SGI is governed by Law Officers (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1987.[1]

List of incumbent Law Officers

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The list of incumbent Law Officers (i.e. AGI, SGI, Addl. SGIs) as of 10 September 2024 are as follows:[2][3]

List of Law Officers
Attorney General of India Appointment Term Length
R. Venkataramani 1 October 2022 2 years, 174 days
Solicitor General of India Appointment Term Length
Tushar Mehta 10 October 2018 6 years, 165 days
Additional Solicitor General of India Appointment Term Length
Vikramjit Banerjee Supreme Court 5 March 2018 7 years, 19 days
K.M. Nataraj 14 January 2019 6 years, 69 days
Suryaprakash V. Raju 30 June 2020 4 years, 267 days
N. Venkataraman 30 June 2020 4 years, 267 days
Aishwarya Bhati 30 June 2020 4 years, 267 days
S. Dwarkanath 10 September 2024 195 days
Archana Pathak Dave 10 September 2024 195 days
Satya Darshi Sanjay 10 September 2024 195 days
Brijender Chahar 10 September 2024 195 days
Rajkumar Bhaskar Thakare 10 September 2024 195 days
Raghavendra P Shankar 10 September 2024 195 days
Rajdeepak Rastogi Rajasthan HC 28 July 2014 10 years, 239 days
Satya Pal Jain Punjab & Haryana HC 8 April 2015 9 years, 350 days
Anil Chandrabali Singh Bombay HC 9 July 2017 7 years, 258 days
Shashi Prakash Singh Allahabad HC 9 February 2018 7 years, 43 days
K. Arvind Kamath Karnataka HC 17 October 2023 1 year, 158 days
T. Surya Karan Reddy Southern Zone 18 December 2019 5 years, 96 days
R. Sankaranaryanan Madras HC 30 June 2020 4 years, 267 days
Ashok Kumar Chakraborty Calcutta HC 9 July 2022 2 years, 258 days
Devang Girish Vyas Gujarat HC 30 June 2020 4 years, 267 days
Chetan Sharma Delhi HC 1 July 2020 4 years, 266 days
Dr. Krishna Nandan Singh Patna HC 1 July 2020 4 years, 266 days

Duties

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Duties of Solicitor General of India and other law officers are laid out in Law Officers (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1987:[1]

  • to give advice to the Government of India upon such legal matters, and to perform such other duties of a legal character, as may from time to time, be referred or assigned to him by the Government of India.
  • to appear, whenever required, in the Supreme Court or in any High Court on behalf of the Government of India in cases (including suits, writ petitions, appeal and other proceedings) in which the Government of India is concerned as a party or is otherwise interested;
  • 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.

Restrictions of private practice

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As law officers represent government of India, there are certain restrictions which are put on their private practice. A law officer is not allowed to:

  • hold briefs in any court for any party except the Government of India or the government of a State or any University, Government School or College, local authority, Public Service Commission, Port Trust, Port Commissioners, Government aided or Government managed hospitals, a Government company, any Corporation owned or controlled by the State, any body or institution in which the Government has a preponderating interest;
  • advise any party against the Government of India or a Public Sector Undertaking, or in cases in which he is likely to be called upon to advise, or appear for, the Government of India or a Public Sector Undertaking;
  • defend an accused person in a criminal prosecution, without the permission of the Government of India; or
  • accept appointment to any office in any company or corporation without the permission of the Government of India;
  • advise any Ministry or Department of Government of India or any statutory organization or any Public Sector Undertaking unless the proposal or a reference in this regard is received through the Ministry of Law and Justice, Department of Legal Affairs.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Law Officers (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1987" (PDF). Gazette of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  2. ^ "List of Law Officers (As on 02.09.2022)". Ministry of Law and Justice.
  3. ^ "Solicitor general". Vakilno1.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.

See also

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