The Central government on Friday approved the re-appointment of Tushar Mehta as Solicitor General for India for a period of three years.
This is the second extension granted to Mehta by the Union of India.
The Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet further approved the re-appointment of
Vikramjit Banerjee, K.M. Nataraj, Balbir Singh, S.V. Raju, N. Venkataraman and Aishwarya Bhati as Additional Solicitors General (ASGs).
Madhavi Diwan, Sanjay Jain and Jayant K. Sud will not continue as Additional Solicitors General.
The Department of Personnel & Training Secretariat of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet under the Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions further approved the re-appointment of Chetan Sharma as Additional Solicitor General of Delhi High Court.
It approved the re-appointment of Satya Pal Jain as Additional Solicitor General of Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The Union government approved the re-appointment of Devang Girish Vyas as Additional Solicitor General of Gujarat High Court and Dr. Krishna Nandan Singh as Additional Solicitor General of Patna High Court.