<p>Senior Supreme Court advocate Ranjit Kumar, considered an expert on Constitutional laws, was today appointed as the Solicitor General.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Law Ministry today issued notification appointing Kumar, who has defended Gujarat in a number of cases, as the next Solicitor General of India.<br /><br />The Ministry also issued notifications appointing senior advocates Maninder Singh, Tushar Mehta, L Nageshwar Rao, P S Patwalia, Neeraj Kishen Kaul and P S Narasimha as Additional Solicitors General.<br /><br />With this, the Narendra Modi government has made its first appointments of law officers who would be representing it in courts.<br /><br />However, so far, there is no word on the appointment of the Attorney General, the top-most law officer of the central government. Senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi had recently said that he has given his consent for the prestigious post.<br /><br />Kaul is a former Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court. He had resigned from his post in September 2009.<br /><br />Rao had been an ASG during the rule of the UPA-II.<br /><br />The Appointments Committee of Cabinet had on June 4 cleared the names of the SG and ASGs.<br /><br />Kumar had been a counsel for the Gujarat government and amicus curiae in several cases in the Supreme Court. Among the cases he represented were the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case.<br /><br />Recently, he appeared before the Supreme Court on behalf of the family of a woman, who was at the centre of 'snoopgate' controversy in which the the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's name had figured.<br /><br />Kumar had also represented Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case pending in a Bangalore court.<br /><br />Sources said more law officers are likely to be appointed in the coming days.<br /><br />G E Vahanvati and Mohan Parasaran resigned last week as Attorney General and Solicitor General respectively along with other law officers after the NDA government assumed office.<br /><br />It is a convention that law officers step down with the change of government.<br /><br />The previous UPA-II government had appointed 12 Additional Solicitors General.</p>
<p>Senior Supreme Court advocate Ranjit Kumar, considered an expert on Constitutional laws, was today appointed as the Solicitor General.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Law Ministry today issued notification appointing Kumar, who has defended Gujarat in a number of cases, as the next Solicitor General of India.<br /><br />The Ministry also issued notifications appointing senior advocates Maninder Singh, Tushar Mehta, L Nageshwar Rao, P S Patwalia, Neeraj Kishen Kaul and P S Narasimha as Additional Solicitors General.<br /><br />With this, the Narendra Modi government has made its first appointments of law officers who would be representing it in courts.<br /><br />However, so far, there is no word on the appointment of the Attorney General, the top-most law officer of the central government. Senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi had recently said that he has given his consent for the prestigious post.<br /><br />Kaul is a former Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court. He had resigned from his post in September 2009.<br /><br />Rao had been an ASG during the rule of the UPA-II.<br /><br />The Appointments Committee of Cabinet had on June 4 cleared the names of the SG and ASGs.<br /><br />Kumar had been a counsel for the Gujarat government and amicus curiae in several cases in the Supreme Court. Among the cases he represented were the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case.<br /><br />Recently, he appeared before the Supreme Court on behalf of the family of a woman, who was at the centre of 'snoopgate' controversy in which the the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's name had figured.<br /><br />Kumar had also represented Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case pending in a Bangalore court.<br /><br />Sources said more law officers are likely to be appointed in the coming days.<br /><br />G E Vahanvati and Mohan Parasaran resigned last week as Attorney General and Solicitor General respectively along with other law officers after the NDA government assumed office.<br /><br />It is a convention that law officers step down with the change of government.<br /><br />The previous UPA-II government had appointed 12 Additional Solicitors General.</p>