# Additional Solicitor General of India

Additional Solicitor General of India abbreviated as Addl. SGI is a law officer of India who assists the Solicitor-General and the Attorney-General. Addl. SGI is governed by Law Officers (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1987.

## List of incumbent Additional Solicitor Generals

The list of incumbent Law Officers (i.e. AGI, SGI, Addl. SGIs) as of 2 September 2022 are as follows:
List of incumbent Addl. SGIs :
| # | Additional Solicitor Generals | Additional Solicitor Generals | Appointment | Term Length |
| 1 | Vikramjit Banerjee | Supreme Court | 5 March 2018 | 6 years, 354 days |
| 2 | Madhavi Goradia Diwan | Supreme Court | 18 December 2018 | 6 years, 66 days |
| 3 | K.M. Nataraj | Supreme Court | 14 January 2019 | 6 years, 39 days |
| 4 | Sanjay Jain | Supreme Court | 17 January 2019 | 6 years, 36 days |
| 5 | Balbir Singh | Supreme Court | 30 June 2020 | 4 years, 237 days |
| 6 | Suryaprakash V. Raju | Supreme Court | 30 June 2020 | 4 years, 237 days |
| 7 | N. Venkataraman | Supreme Court | 30 June 2020 | 4 years, 237 days |
| 8 | Jayant K. Sud | Supreme Court | 30 June 2020 | 4 years, 237 days |
| 9 | Aishwarya Bhati | Supreme Court | 30 June 2020 | 4 years, 237 days |
| 10 | Vacant | Supreme Court | N/A | N/A |
| 11 | Vacant | Supreme Court | N/A | N/A |
| 12 | Rajdeepak Rastogi | Rajasthan High Court | 28 July 2014 | 10 years, 209 days |
| 13 | Satya Pal Jain | Punjab & Haryana High Court | 8 April 2015 | 9 years, 320 days |
| 14 | Devang Girish Vyas (Additional Charge) | Bombay High Court | 9 July 2014 | 10 years, 228 days |
| 15 | Shashi Prakash Singh | Allahabad High Court | 9 February 2018 | 7 years, 13 days |
| 16 | Nargund N. B. | Karnataka High Court | 18 December 2019 | 5 years, 66 days |
| 17 | T. Surya Karan Reddy | Southern Zone | 18 December 2019 | 5 years, 66 days |
| 18 | R. Sankaranaryanan | Madras High Court | 30 June 2020 | 4 years, 237 days |
| 19 | Ashok Kumar Chakraborty | Calcutta High Court | 9 July 2022 | 2 years, 228 days |
| 20 | Devang Girish Vyas | Gujarat High Court | 30 June 2020 | 4 years, 237 days |
| 21 | Chetan Sharma | Delhi High Court | 1 July 2020 | 4 years, 236 days |
| 22 | Dr. Krishna Nandan Singh | Patna High Court | 1 July 2020 | 4 years, 236 days |

## Duties

Duties of Solicitor General of India and other law officers 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;
* advise 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 organization 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.