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Rohinton
Nariman is Solicitor General of India
Saturday July 23, 2011 07:53:16 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Senior
Supreme Court lawyer Rohinton Nariman was Saturday appointed the
Solicitor General of India, the second topmost government lawyer.
According to an official notification issued by the law ministry,
Nariman will assume charge on Monday and represent the government
in all important cases that were to be attended as Solicitor
General.
Nariman, 55, the son of eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman, succeeds
Gopal Subramanium who resigned in the wake of a controversy over
Communications Minister Kapil Sibal opting for Nariman to
represent him in the apex court in a case seeking probe against
him for allegedly favouring a telecom operator.
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