NEW DELHI: The Centre has appointed six senior advocates as Additional Solicitor Generals to represent it before the Supreme Court for a period of three years.
The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of S Dwarakanath, Ms Archana Pathak Dave, Satya Darshi Sanjay, Brijender Chahar, Raghavendra P Shankar, Rajkumar Bhaskar Thakare (Raja Thakare).
A notification in this regard was issued by the Department of Personnel and Training on September 9.
The other Additional Solicitor Generals in the Supreme Court are Vikramjit Banerjee, K M Nataraj, S V Raju, N Venkatraman, and Aishwarya Bhati. There were six vacancies to the post.
The team of law officers are led by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was reappointed on July 1, 2023.
Senior advocate R Venkatramani is Attorney General for India.