Raghav Ohri ( @raghavohri0 ) tweeted: “ET Investigation: Attorney General flouts service Rule, says it’s “directory”. NO, it’s mandatory, holds ex-SC Judge” Did the top law officer of India violate a service rule? The rule requires all government law officers to advise ministries or public entities ...

“With his extensive experience in corporate law at the head of Singapore’s largest law firm, Mr Lucien Wong will provide a fresh perspective when he takes over as Attorney-General in January, lawyers said yesterday,” reported The Straits Times about the country’s “first A-G who has not spent time on the Bench or at the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC)”.

The Supreme Court dismissed the public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to curtail attorneys general’s ability to act for private parties . Headline: No issue for AG to act for private parties, says SC “As long as there is no conflict of interest, there is no issue. We may address him as learned At...

Should it be directed to the Government of India not to give permission to the Attorney General for India to appear for private parties against the state and its instrumentalities? This is the question which a Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy would be faced with, when a PIL seeking such a direction would be called for hearing before them.

The Delhi high court yesterday stayed until April 27 a decision of its single judge to bring the Attorney General of India’s (AGI) office under the RTI Act. The Times of India reported that “a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw said that the single judge’s findings “require consi...

The Delhi high court today held that the office of the Attorney General of India carries out public function and it comes within the ambit of the Right To Information (RTI) Act. Justice Vibhu Bakhru also said that the top law officer performed public functions and his appointment was governed by the...

The BJP government’s law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad signed off on senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi becoming Attorney General of India yesterday, reported the Times of India and other papers citing ministry sources, which is set to be approved by the president in a day or two. Although Rohatgi’s appoi...

The appointment of Mukul Rohatgi, who was considered a shoo-in to become the next Attorney General of India , appears to have been put on hold following a critical letter by senior counsel and former BJP member Ram Jethmalani to the BJP leadership. Jethmalani told the Indian Express : “Yes, I have w...

Senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi, the “King of Miscellaneous Days” according to this profile by Court Witness , has formally been confirmed to be the recently elected BJP government’s Attorney General of India, reported the PTI . Rohatgi told NDTV : “My priority would be to streamline the litigation pro...

Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati and Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran have tendered their resignations as is customary on change of government, reported the PTI . The AG’s and the SG’s tenures are conventionally co-terminus with the term of the existing government. According to speculation senior ...

The Mail Today , said that “sources” have told it that the BJP government’s favourites for the job of attorney general would be senior advocates Harish Salve and Mukul Rohatgi (of course, the paper had made the same prediction already a month ago , when it also added that Ranjit Kumar was in the run...

The attorney general of India (AG) is not bound to answer Right to Information (RTI) queries, according to the Central Information Commission’s (CIC) latest order. A full bench of the CIC comprising of chief information commissioner Satyanand Mishra, and information commissioners ML Sharma and Annpu...

The attorney general of India (AG) is not bound to answer Right to Information (RTI) queries, according to the Central Information Commission’s (CIC) latest order. A full bench of the CIC comprising of chief information commissioner Satyanand Mishra, and information commissioners ML Sharma and Annpu...

Attorney General of India Goolam Vahanvati was conflicted out of providing the government with a legal opinion on the Vedanta-Cairns deal because his son AZB & Partners Mumbai partner Essaji Vahanvati had worked on the deal, according to a report in the Daily Pioneer today.

Attorney general GE Vahanvati says do litigation first, then join a big firm.

GE Vahanvati speaks about Fali Nariman and other heroes.