Solicitor General

Former Additional Solicitor General and Senior Advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul is an example in his own right. He resigned four months after being elevated as a judge of the Delhi High Court to return to private practice. A graduate of Delhi University, he completed Masters in Law from Cambridge University.

The three-judge bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subash Reddy and MR Shah has listed the matter for hearing day after tomorrow. On the previous occasion, the bench had asked the Centre to file an affidavit seeking response on the issue within a period of 2 weeks.

New Delhi (ILNS): Solicitor General Tushar Mehta today told the Supreme Court that the government will ensure that those who paid up during the moratorium period are not short-changed. Will ensure those who paid during moratorium aren't short-changed.

The loan moratorium case will now be heard by the Supreme Court on Thursday. This was decided after the Central government informed the court that their lawyer, the Solicitor General, was busy with some other matter.

As the hearing on the loan moratorium case began again at the Supreme Court, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, arguing for the petitioner said that after affidavits have already been filed, we want a compound interest waiver on loans under Rs 2 cr.

Justice Arun Mishra, on his last day as a Supreme Court judge, sat with Chief Justice S.A. Bobde today in Court 1. This is a tradition. Attorney General K.K. Venugopal and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said Justice Mishra will be missed dearly.

During the hearing on pleas seeking investigation into police brutalities on Jamia Students, the Additional Solicitor General Aman Lekhi, the police counsel, said that Delhi Police’s action was justified and at par with the threat to life faced by the police.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the State of Maharashtra to take appropriate steps to ensure that stranded migrant workers return to their native places at an early date.

The Supreme Court today (July 16) sought reply from the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration in a contempt plea over the non-constitution of a special committee to review the ban on 4G speed internet in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has approved the re-appointment of Tushar Mehta as Solicitor General of India for a period of 3 years with effect from July 1.