13 law officers now as 6 new ASGs appointed

NEW DELHI: For the first time, the Union govt will have full strength of 13 law officers to represent it in SC with the appointment of six new faces, senior advocates drawn from various states and some having domain expertise, as additional solicitors general.

In addition to existing ASGs - S V Raju, N Venkataraman, K M Natraj, Aishwarya Bhati and Vikramjit Banerjee, the appointments committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved appointment of senior advocates S Dwarkanath, Archana P Dave, Satya Darshi Sanjay, Brijender Chahar, Raghvendra P Shankar and Rajkumar B Thakare (Raja Thakare) as ASGs for the SC.

With the addition of six more the strength of ASGs will increase to 11, in addition to top law officers in attorney general R Venkataramani and solicitor general Tushar Mehta.


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