Advocate general (India)
In India, an advocate general is a legal advisor to a state government.[1] The post is created by the Constitution of India and corresponds to that of Attorney General for India at the union government level. The Governor of each state shall appoint a person who is qualified to be appointed as judge of High Court as the Advocate General.
List of Advocates General in States[]
State | Advocate General |
---|---|
Andhra Pradesh | Subrahmanyam Sriram[2] |
Arunachal Pradesh | - |
Assam | Devajit Lon Saikia[3] |
Bihar | Lalit Kishore[4] |
Chhattisgarh | Satish Chandra Verma[5] |
Goa | Devidas Pangam[6] |
Gujarat | Kamal Trivedi[7] |
Haryana | APS Deol[8] |
Himachal Pradesh | Ashok Sharma[9] |
Jammu & Kashmir | D.C. Raina[10] |
Jharkhand | Rajiv Ranjan[11] |
Karnataka | Prabhuling K. Navadagi[12] |
Kerala | K Gopala Krishna Kurup[13] |
Madhya Pradesh | Prashant Singh[14] |
Maharashtra | Ashutosh Kumbhakoni [15] |
Manipur | Naorem Kumarjit Singh |
Meghalaya | Amit Kumar[16] |
Mizoram | Diganta Das |
Nagaland | Vikramjit Banerjee[17] |
Odisha | Ashok Parija[18] |
Punjab | Deepinder Singh Patwalia[19] |
Rajasthan | Mahendra Singh Singhvi[20] |
Sikkim | Vivek Kohli[21] |
Tamil Nadu | R. Shunmugasundaram[22] |
Telangana | B. S. Prasad[23] |
Tripura | Siddhartha Shankar Dey |
Uttar Pradesh | Raghuvendra Singh |
Uttarakhand | S. N. Babulkar[24] |
West Bengal | S.N. Mookherjee[25] |
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- ^ "Vivek Kohli appointed Senior Advocate by Sikkim High Court [Read Notification]". barandbench.com. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "AG assures CCTVs inside booths, strongrooms for Tamil Nadu local body elections in newly-carved dists". DTNext.in. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "Telangana HC bids farewell to Acting CJ M.S.R. Rao". Deccan Chronicle. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
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