Tushar Mehta | |
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Solicitor General of India | |
Assumed office 10 October 2018 | |
Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
Preceded by | Ranjit Kumar |
Additional Solicitor General of India | |
In office 7 June 2014 – 10 October 2018 | |
Appointed by | Pranab Mukherjee |
Additional Advocate General, State of Gujarat | |
In office 16 December 2008 – 7 June 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Jamnagar, Gujarat, India | 11 September 1964
Children | 2 |
Occupation | Senior Advocate |
Tushar Mehta is a senior counsel in India and is currently serving as the Solicitor General of India.[1] He is the second-longest serving solicitor general of India after C. K. Daphtary.
Mehta attended the Gujarat University, where he obtained his law degree and received five gold medals.[2] He has also received honorary doctorates from Amity University, Noida[3] and Karnataka State Law University.[4]
Mehta began his career as an advocate in 1987 and was designated as a senior advocate in 2007 at the age of 42 by the Gujarat High Court. He was appointed as the Additional Advocate General in 2008.[5] Mehta was appointed as the Additional Solicitor General of India in 2014.[6] Mehta was then appointed as the Solicitor General of India in 2018.