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	'''The Attorney General for India''' is appointed by the President of India under Article 76 of the Constitution and holds office during the pleasure of the President. He must be a person qualified to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court. It is the duty of the Attorney General for India to give advice to the Government of India upon such legal matters and to perform such other duties of legal character as may be referred or assigned to him by the President. In the performance of his duties, he has the right of audience in all Courts in India as well as the right to take part in the proceedings of Parliament without the right to vote. In discharge of his functions, the Attorney General is assisted by a Solicitor General and four Additional Solicitors General.<ref>http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/new_s/constitution.htm</ref>		'''The Attorney General for India''' is appointed by the [[President of India]] under Article 76 of the [[Constitution of India]] and holds office during the pleasure of the President. He must be a person qualified to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court. It is the duty of the Attorney General for India to give advice to the Government of India upon such legal matters and to perform such other duties of legal character as may be referred or assigned to him by the President. In the performance of his duties, he has the right of audience in all Courts in India as well as the right to take part in the proceedings of Parliament without the right to vote. In discharge of his functions, the Attorney General is assisted by a Solicitor General and four Additional Solicitors General.<ref>http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/new_s/constitution.htm</ref>

	==Former Attorneys General==		==Former Attorneys General==

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'''The Attorney General for India''' is appointed by the President of India under Article 76 of the Constitution and holds office during the pleasure of the President. He must be a person qualified to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court. It is the duty of the Attorney General for India to give advice to the Government of India upon such legal matters and to perform such other duties of legal character as may be referred or assigned to him by the President. In the performance of his duties, he has the right of audience in all Courts in India as well as the right to take part in the proceedings of Parliament without the right to vote. In discharge of his functions, the Attorney General is assisted by a Solicitor General and four Additional Solicitors General.<ref>http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/new_s/constitution.htm</ref>

==Former Attorneys General==

The Attorneys General of India since independence are listed below<ref>[http://www.vakilno1.com/luminaries/AttorneyGen.html Attorney General of Independent India]</ref>:

{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Attorney General
! Term
! Incumbent Prime Minister
|-
| M. C. Setalvad || 28.01.1950 - 01.03.1963 || Jawaharlal Nehru
|-
| C.K. Daphtary || 02.03.1963 - 30.10.1968 || Jawaharlal Nehru
|-
| Niren De || 01.11.1968 - 31.03.1977 || Indira Gandhi
|-
| S.V. Gupte || 01.04.1977 - 08.08.1979 || Morarji Desai
|-
| L.N. Sinha || 09.08.1979 - 08.08.1983 || Indira Gandhi
|-
| K. Parasaran || 09.08.1983 - 08.12.1989 || Indira Gandhi; Rajiv Gandhi
|-
| Soli Sorabjee || 09.12.1989 - 02.12.1990 || V.P. Singh; Chandra Shekhar
|-
| G. Ramaswamy || 03.12.1990 - 23.11.1992 || Chandra Shekhar; P. V. Narasimha Rao
|-
| Milon K. Banerji || 21.11.1992 - 08.07.1996 || P. V. Narasimha Rao
|-
| Ashok Desai || 09.07.1996 - 06.04.1998 || H. D. Devegowda; Inder Kumar Gujral
|-
| Soli Sorabjee || 07.04.1998 - 04.06.2004 || Atal Bihari Vajpayee
|-
| Milon Kumar Banerji || 05.06.2004 - 07.06.2009|| Manmohan Singh
|-
| G E Vahanvati || 08.06.2009 - || Manmohan Singh
|-
|}

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