Attorney General of India

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

The Attorneys General of India since independence are listed below<ref>Attorney General of Independent India</ref>:

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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