Attorney General of India
Appointment and
Tenure:
1. The Attorney General of
India is appointed by the President and holds office during the pleasure of the
President.
2. He must have the same
qualifications for appointment as required to be a Judge of the Supreme Court.
3. The Attorney General of
India is the highest legal offcer of the Union Government.
Powers, privileges and
functions:
The Attorney General of
India is the first law officer of the Government of India and has the following
powers, privileges and functions-
1. It is the duty of the
Attorney General to give advice to the Government of India upon legal matters
and to perform such other duties of legal character, as may, from time to time
be referred or assigned to him by the President.
2. Attorney General should
discharge the functions conferred on him by or under the Constitution or any
other law for the time being in force.
3. In the performance of his
duties he has the right of audience in all Courts in the territory of India.
4. The Attorney General can
take part in the proceedings of the Parliament and its committees but he is not
entitled to vote.
5. The Attorney General is
assisted by two Solicitors-General and four Additional Solicitors-General.
List of Attorney General
of India:
|
S.No
|
Name
|
Term
|
Prime Minister
|
|
1
|
M. C. Setalvad
|
28.01.1950 -
01.03.1963
|
Jawaharlal
Nehru
|
|
2
|
C.K.Daphtary
|
02.03.1963 -
30.10.1968
|
Jawaharlal Nehru;
Lal Bahadur Shastri
|
|
3
|
Niren De
|
01.11.1968 -
31.03.1977
|
Indira Gandhi
|
|
4
|
S.V. Gupte
|
01.04.1977 -
08.08.1979
|
Morarji Desai
|
|
5
|
L.N. Sinha
|
09.08.1979 -
08.08.1983
|
Indira Gandhi
|
|
6
|
K. Parasaran
|
09.08.1983 -
08.12.1989
|
Indira Gandhi;
Rajiv Gandhi
|
|
7
|
Soli Sorabjee
|
09.12.1989 -
02.12.1990
|
V. P. Singh;
Chandra Shekhar
|
|
8
|
G. Ramaswamy
|
03.12.1990 -
23.11.1992
|
Chandra Shekhar; P.
V. Narasimha Rao
|
|
9
|
Milon K. Banerji
|
21.11.1992 -
08.07.1996
|
P. V. Narasimha Rao
|
|
10
|
Ashok Desai
|
09.07.1996 -
06.04.1998
|
H. D. Devegowda;
Inder Kumar Gujral
|
|
11
|
Soli Sorabjee
|
07.04.1998 -
04.06.2004
|
Atal Bihari
Vajpayee
|
|
12
|
Milon K. Banerji
|
05.06.2004 -
07.06.2009
|
Manmohan Singh
|
|
13
|
Goolam Essaji
Vahanvati
|
08.06.2009 -
11.06.2014
|
Manmohan Singh
|
|
14
|
Mukul Rohatgi
|
12.06.2014 to till
date
|
Narendra Modi
|
