Centre Extends Term Of Tushar Mehta As Solicitor General Of India

The Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet on Friday approved the re-appointment of Tushar Mehta as Solicitor General for India for a period of three years with effect from July 1, 2023 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Vikramjit Banerjee, KM Nataraj, Balbir Singh, SV Raju, N Venkataraman and Aishwarya Bhati have been re-appointed as Additional Solicitors General (ASGs) in the Supreme Court.

The terms of Madhavi Diwan, Sanjay Jain and Jayant K Sud as ASGs have come to an end.

It was in October 2018 that the Central Government appointed Tushar Mehta, then an Additional Solicitor General, as the Solicitor General.  In June 2020, the Centre had re-appointed him as the SG for a term of three years with effect from July 1, 2020.