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Almost after a year since the vacancy arose, the Narendra Modi government on Wednesday appointed senior advocate and Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta as Solicitor General of India, a key legal position to represent the State or Central governments in courtroom proceedings. His appointment notification was issued by the Department of Personnel and Training after the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved it. As per the notification, he has been appointed with effect from the day of assumption of charge of the office for a period till June 30, 2020. Mr. Mehta has been Additional Solicitor General since mid 2014 when he was appointed to the post after the BJP-led NDA government came to power. Though Mr. Mehta was considered front-runner for the coveted legal post, delay of almost a year suggests that there was apparently lack of consensus on his name for the position. “There were some issues but finally the government approved his name for the post,” a top insider involved in the appointment process said.
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