Advocate general (India)

Legal advisor to a state government in India

In India, an advocate general is a legal advisor to a state government.[1] The post was created by the Constitution of India (vide Article 165) and corresponds to that of Attorney General for India at the union government level. The governor of each state shall appoint a person who is qualified to be appointed as judge of the High Court as the advocate general.

## List of advocates general in states

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State  | Advocate General

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Arunachal Pradesh | Indraneel Chaudhary
Andhra Pradesh | Dhammalapati Srinivas
Assam | Devajit Saikia[2]
Bihar | Prashant Kumar Shahi[3]
Chhattisgarh | Praful Bharat[4]
Goa | Devidas Pangam[5]
Gujarat | Kamal Trivedi[6]
Haryana | Pravindra Singh[7]
Himachal Pradesh | Ashok Sharma[8]
Jammu and Kashmir | D. C. Raina[9]
Jharkhand | Rajiv Ranjan[10]
Karnataka | Shashi Kiran Shetty[11]
Kerala | K. Gopalakrishna Kurup[12]
Madhya Pradesh | Prashant Singh[13]
Maharashtra | Dr. Birendra Saraf [14]
Manipur | Lenin Singh Hijam
Meghalaya | Amit Kumar[15]
Mizoram | Diganta Das
Nagaland | Vikramjit Banerjee[16]
Odisha | Pitambar Acharya
Punjab | Maninderjit Singh Bedi
Rajasthan | Shri Rajendra Prasad
Sikkim | Vivek Kohli[17]
Tamil Nadu | P. S. Raman[18]
Telangana | A. Sudarshan Reddy
Tripura | Siddhartha Shankar Dey
Uttar Pradesh | Ajay Kumar Mishra
Uttarakhand | S. N. Babulkar[19]
West Bengal | Kishor Dutta

## See also

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* Chief secretary
* Director general of police
* Head of Forest Forces
* Solicitor General of India

## References

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1. ^ "Advocate General of the State". jagranjosh.com. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
2. ^ "State Govt Appoints Debojit Saikia as Advocate General of Assam". sentinelassam.com. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
3. ^ "Ashamed that we believed Bihar government: High Court". Times of India. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
4. ^ Partha Sarathi Behera (11 January 2024). "Prafull Bharat is new Advocate General of Chhattisgarh". Times of India. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
5. ^ "Violates my right, says Goan's plea to let him enter casino. Bombay HC rejects it". hindustan times. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
6. ^ "Motivating and persuading building stakeholders to get fire NOC, Gujarat govt tells HC". indianexpress.com. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
7. ^ "Bhola drugs case: No objection to opening of sealed reports, Punjab tells HC". hindustan times. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
8. ^ "Mohammad Rafiq sworn in as Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court". tribuneindia. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
9. ^ "Jammu and Kashmir: Police have pivotal role in maintaining". Times of India. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
10. ^ "Demand for initiating contempt proceedings against Jharkhand Advocate General". thehindu.com. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
11. ^ "Shivram Karanth layout: SC asks Karnataka govt, BDA to inform on steps taken for acquisition of land". The Hindu. May 20, 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
12. ^ "Kerala government appoints K Gopalakrishna Kurup as advocate". Times of India. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
13. ^ "Prashant Singh is new advocate general of MP". Times of India. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
14. ^ "Birendra Saraf appointed Maharashtra Advocate General". indianexpress.com. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
15. ^ "Meghalaya justifies in SC quota beyond 50 per cent, refers to extraordinary circumstances". newindianexpress. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
16. ^ "NLSIU's Vikramjit Banerjee made Advocate General of Nagaland". barandbench.com. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
17. ^ "Vivek Kohli appointed Senior Advocate by Sikkim High Court [Read Notification]". barandbench.com. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
18. ^ "AG assures CCTVs inside booths, strongrooms for Tamil Nadu local body elections in newly-carved dists". DTNext.in. 2 October 2021. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
19. ^ "Uttarakhand HC lifts ban on Chardham Yatra, limits number of devotees visiting shrines". theprint.in. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

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