The appointment of New Advocate General for the State of Maharashtra has been decided. Senior Advocate Dr. Birendra Saraf shall be taking this position.
The resignation of the incumbent Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni has been accepted by the Maharashtra cabinet headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
In a meeting held on Tuesday,the appointment for Advocate Saraf was announced.
Once Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari gives his approval, Saraf will be appointed as next Advocate General of Maharashtra.
Advocate Saraf has been practicing for the past 25 years before the Bombay High Court.
Dr Saraf graduated from the Government Law College, Mumbai where he was a topper in all three years of graduation.
As a junior lawyer, he worked in the chambers of present Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud.
When the current CJI a was elevated as the as Bombay High Court judge in 2000, Saraf joined the chambers of another law luminary former Advocate General Ravi Kadam.
In 2020 Saraf was designated as Senior Advocate
advocate Saraf has served the Bombay Bar Association as Secretary for a period of six years and is presently the Vice-President.
Advocate Saraf is a known name as in his course of career, he has appeared in several high-profile and controversial cases.
He is known for successfully arguing for Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut in her plea challenging the demolition activity by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on her property in Bandra in September 2020.
It was due to the efforts by Saraf that the High Court quashed the demolition notice and permitted Ranaut to take steps to make her property habitable.
Another Important case that advocate Saraf has been associated with,is the proceeding pertaining to contentious dispute between Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited and its largest shareholder, Invesco Developing Markets Fund.
More lately he also represented Dhyandev Wankhede, who is the father of IRS officer Sameer Wankhede, who formerly headed the Narcotics Control Bureau during the Aryan Khan drug case.