Solicitor General of India - Wikipedia Solicitor General of India Solicitor General of India Incumbent Vacant Appointer Appointments Committee of the Cabinet Term length 3 years Deputy Additional Solicitors General of India This article is part of a series on Judiciary of India Law of India Administration Ministry of Justice Department of Legal Affairs Legislative Department Department of Justice Law Commission of India Civil courts Supreme Court of India Chief Justice of India Judges of the Supreme Court High Courts of India Chief justices of High Courts of India Judges of High Courts District Courts / Additional district judge 's courts Civil Judge ( Sr. Division ) 's Courts Civil Judge ( Jr. Division ) 's Courts Criminal courts Supreme Court of India Chief Justice of India Judges of the Supreme Court High Courts of India Chief Justices of High Courts of India Judges of High Courts Courts of Session / Courts of Additional Sessions Judge Courts of Assistant Sessions Judge Chief Judicial Magistrate Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Judicial Magistrate of First Class / Metropolitan Magistrate Special Judicial Magistrate Judicial Magistrate of Second Class Executive Court Divisional commissioner District magistrate / additional district magistrate Sub-divisional magistrate Assistant magistrate Special executive magistrate Legal profession Bar Council Chairman ( BCI ) - Manan Kumar Mishra Attorney General of India Solicitor General of India Additional Solicitor General of India Advocates in India All India Bar Examination Legal education Legal education in India Autonomous law schools in India List of law schools in India The Solicitor General of India is below the Attorney General for India, who is the Indian government 's chief legal advisor, and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of India. The Solicitor General of India is appointed for the period of 3 years. The Solicitor General of India is the secondary law officer of the country, assists the Attorney General, and is himself assisted by several Additional Solicitors General of India. Ranjit Kumar is the present Solicitor General who was appointed so on 7 June 2014 Like the Attorney General for India, the Solicitor General and the Additional Solicitors General advise the Government and appear on behalf of the Union of India in terms of the Law Officers ( Terms and Conditions ) Rules, 1972. However, unlike the post of Attorney General for India, which is a Constitutional post under Article 76 of the Constitution of India, the posts of the Solicitor General and the Additional Solicitors General are merely statutory. Appointments Committee of the Cabinet appoints the Solicitor General. Whereas Attorney General for India is appointed by the President under Article 76 ( 1 ) of the Constitution, the solicitor general of India is appointed to assist the attorney general along with four additional solicitors general by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. The proposal for appointment of Solicitor General, Additional Solicitor General is generally moved at the, level of Joint secretary / Law Secretary in the Department of Legal Affairs and after obtaining the approval of the Minister of Law & Justice, the proposal is sent to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet for its approval. He resigned from his position on October 20, 2017. Contents 1 Duties 2 Restrictions of private practice 3 Fee and allowances payable 4 Current Solicitor General and Additional Solicitors General 5 Former Solicitors General 6 Former Additional Solicitors General 7 Notes 8 External links Duties Duties of Solicitor General are laid out in Law Officers ( Conditions of Service ) Rules, 1987 : to give advice to the Government of India upon such legal matters, and to perform such other duties of a legal character, as may from time to time, be referred or assigned to him by the Government of India. to appear, whenever required, in the Supreme Court or in any High Court on behalf of the Government of India in cases ( including suits, writ petitions, appeal and other proceedings ) in which the Government of India is concerned as a party or is otherwise interested ; to represent the Government of India in any reference made by the President to the Supreme Court under Article 143 of the Constitution ; and to discharge such other functions as are conferred on a Law Officer by or under the Constitution or any other Law for the time being in force. Restrictions of private practice As law officers represent government of India, there are certain restrictions which are put on their private practice. A law officer is not allowed to : hold briefs in any court for any party except the Government of India or the government of a State or any University, Government School or College, local authority, Public Service Commission, Port Trust, Port Commissioners, Government aided or Government managed hospitals, a Government company, any Corporation owned or controlled by the State, any body or institution in which the Government has a preponderating interest ; advice any party against the Government of India or a Public Sector Undertaking, or in cases in which he is likely to be called upon to advise, or appear for, the Government of India or a Public Sector Undertaking ; defend an accused person in a criminal prosecution, without the permission of the Government of India ; or accept appointment to any office in any company or corporation without the permission of the Government of India ; advise any Ministry or Department of Government of India or any statutory organisation or any Public Sector Undertaking unless the proposal or a reference in this regard is received through the Ministry of Law and Justice, Department of Legal Affairs. Fee and allowances payable Fee and allowances payable to the law officers ( including Attorney General of India, Solicitor General of India and the Additional Solicitors General ) of the Government of India are as under : S.No. Nomenclature of the item of work Rates of fees payable for appearance and other work ( 1 ) Suits, writ petitions, appeals and references under article 143 Rs. 16,000 / - per case per day ( 2 ) Special leave petitions and other applications Rs. 10,000 / - per case per day ( 3 ) Settling pleadings ( including affidavits ) Rs. 5,000 / - per pleading ( 4 ) Settling Statement of Case Rs. 6,000 / - per case ( 5 ) For giving opinions in statements of cases sent by the Ministry of Law Rs. 10,000 / - per case ( 6 ) For written submission before the Supreme Court, High Court, and Commissions of Inquiry or Tribunals and the like Rs. 10,000 / - per case ( 7 ) Appearance in Courts outside Delhi Rs. 40,000 / - per day per case In addition to the above fee payable for cases, a retainer fee is paid to the Attorney General of India, Solicitor General of India and the Additional Solicitors General at the rate of Rs. 50,000, Rs. 40,000, and Rs. 30,000 per month, respectively. Moreover, the Attorney General of India is also paid a sumptuary allowance of rupees four thousand per month, except during the period of his leave. Current Solicitor General and Additional Solicitors General The current Solicitor General of India and Additional Solicitors General as of 9 April 2015 are as follows : Solicitor General Term Ranjit Kumar 7 June 2014 -- 6 June 2017 ( incumbent ) Additional Solicitors General of India Term Maninder Singh 7 June 2014 -- 6 June 2017 ( incumbent ) Paramjit Singh Patwalia 7 June 2014 -- 6 June 2017 ( incumbent ) Tushar Mehta 7 June 2014 -- 6 June 2017 ( incumbent ) Neeraj Kishan Kaul 7 June 2014 -- 6 June 2017 ( incumbent ) Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha 7 June 2014 -- 6 June 2017 ( incumbent ) Pinky Anand 9 July 2014 -- 8 July 2017 ( incumbent ) Anil C Singh 9 July 2014 -- 8 July 2017 ( incumbent ) Sanjay Jain 23 July 2014 -- 22 July 2017 ( incumbent ) G. Rajagopalan 28 July 2014 -- 27 July 2017 ( incumbent ) Prabhuling K Navadgi 8 April 2015 - 7 April 2018 ( incumbent ) Rajdeepak Rastogi 28 July 2014 -- 27 July 2017 ( incumbent ) Ashok Mehta 10 October 2014 -- 09 October 2017 ( incumbent ) Satya Pal Jain 8 April 2015 -- 7 April 2018 ( incumbent ) Former Solicitors General The former Solicitors General for India were as follows : Solicitor General Term C.K. Daphtary 28 January 1950 -- 1 March 1963 H.N. Sanyal 2 March 1963 -- 9 September 1964 S.V. Gupta 10 September 1964 -- 16 September 1967 Niren De 30 September 1967 -- 30 October 1968 Jagadish Swarup 5 June 1969 -- 4 June 1972 L.N. Sinha 17 July 1972 -- 5 April 1977 S.N. Kacker 5 April 1977 -- 2 August 1979 Soli Sorabjee 9 August 1979 -- 25 January 1980 K. Parasaran 6 March 1980 -- 8 August 1983 Milon K. Banerji 4 April 1986 -- 3 April 1989 Ashok Desai 18 December 1989 -- 2 December 1990 A.D. Giri 4 December 1990 -- 1 December 1991 Dipankar P. Gupta 9 April 1992 -- 10 April 1997 TR Andhyarujina 11 April 1997 -- 4 April 1998 Nitte Santhosh Hegde 10 April 1998 -- 7 January 1999 Harish Salve 1 November 1999 -- 3 November 2002 Kirit Raval 4 November 2002 -- 19 April 2004 G.E. Vahanvati 20 April 2004 -- 7 June 2009 Gopal Subramaniam 15 June 2009 -- 14 July 2011 Rohinton Nariman 23 July 2011 -- 4 February 2013 Mohan Parasaran 2013 -- 2014 Ranjit Kumar June 2014 - 20th October 2017 Former Additional Solicitors General The former Additional Solicitor General of India are as follows : Additional Solicitors General of India Term Fali S. Nariman May 1972 -- June 1975 KK Venugopal V.P. Raman N. Santosh Hegde November 1989 -- October 1990 Kuldip Singh August 1987 -- December 1988 Kapil Sibal December 1989 -- December 1990 K.G. Bhagat B. Dutta Arun Jaitley 1989 -- 1990 Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud 1998 -- 2000 Madan B. Lokur July 1998 -- February 1999 R. Mohan July 2004 -- February 2009 Amarendra Sharan August 2004 -- June 2009 Parag P Tripathi February 2008 -- Jan 2012 M. Chandrasekharan February 2008 -- 2008 Farook M Razack ( Kolkata ) July 2009 -- July 2012 Muthukrishnan Ravindran ( Chennai ) July 2009 -- July 2012 Darius J Khambatta ( Mumbai ) July 2009 -- July 2012 Muthukrishnan Ravindran ( Chennai ) July 2009 -- July 2012 Ashok Nigam ( Allahabad ) July 2009 -- July 2012 Bishwajit Bhattacharyya November 2009 -- November 2012 Rajeeve Mehra ( Delhi ) July 2012 -- June 2014 P.P. Malhotra 2004 - 2014 Notes Jump up ^ `` Constitution ''. Supreme Court of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014. Jump up ^ `` Law Officers ( Conditions of Service ) Rules, 1987 '' ( PDF ). ^ Jump up to : `` Law Officers ( Condites, 1987 '' ( PDF ). Gazette of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014. Jump up ^ `` Fee and allowances payable to law officers '' ( PDF ). Retrieved 11 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` List of Law Officers ( As on 9.4. 2015 ) '' ( PDF ). Ministry of Law and Justice. Retrieved 17 April 2014. ^ Jump up to : `` Solicitor general ''. Vakilno1.com. Retrieved 28 July 2012. Jump up ^ Member Official Biography -- N Rajya Sabha website. Jump up ^ `` Biodata of Justice Nitte Santosh Hegde '' ( PDF ). Government of Karnataka website. Retrieved 7 September 2009. Jump up ^ `` Biodata of Justice Kuldip Singh ''. Supreme Court of India website. Retrieved 29 November 2011. Jump up ^ `` Biographical Sketch ''. Dod.nic.in. 8 August 1948. Retrieved 28 July 2012. Jump up ^ `` Biodata of Chief Justice ''. High Court of Andhra Pradesh website. Retrieved 29 November 2011. Jump up ^ `` Additional Solicitor General Mohan dead ''. Chennai, India : The Hindu. 25 February 2009. ^ Jump up to : `` List of Law Officers ''. Ministry of Law and Justice website. Retrieved 29 November 2011. Jump up ^ `` Parag P. Tripathi Appointed as Additional Solicitor General of India ''. New Delhi, India : The Press Information Bureau. 5 February 2008. Jump up ^ `` M. Chandrasekharan Appointed Additional Solicitor General of India ''. New Delhi, India : The Press Information Bureau. 6 February 2008. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/govt-reappoints-6-asgs/970977/ Jump up ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/P-P-Malhotra-appointed-ASG/articleshow/771147.cms?referral=PM External links Official website of Supreme Court of India List of law officers of India Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Solicitor_General_of_India&oldid=806301354 '' Categories : Solicitors General of India Indian lawyers Supreme Court of India Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from June 2016 Use Indian English from June 2016 All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English Talk Contents About Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia Edit links This page was last edited on 21 October 2017, at 02 : 25. About Wikipedia

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