Rohington Nariman appointed Solicitor General

New Delhi, Jul 27 (PTI) Senior lawyer Rohington
Nariman was on Wednesday appointed the Solicitor General of
India.
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved the
name of Rohington (54), sources in the Law Ministry said.
Rohington Nariman, son of an eminent jurist Fali S
Nariman, replaces Gopal Subramanium who resigned as Solicitor
General in the wake of Nariman Jr being appointed as special
counsel to represent the government in a 2G spectrum
allocation scam related case in the Supreme Court a fortnight
ago, apparently without his knowledge.
Rohinton Nariman has been appearing in various
constitutional and corporate cases in the Supreme Court and
High Courts.
He argued for Mukesh Ambani's RIL, along with senior
advocate Harish Salve, in the dispute over the supply and
pricing of gas from KG basin between the Ambani brothers.
Nariman was designated as a senior advocate at the age
of 37 years in 1993 when the then Chief Justice of India M N
Venkatachaliah amended the rules reducing the limit of the
minimum age of 45 years for designating a lawyer as a senior
advocate.
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Nariman will have a three-year tenure, according to an
official notification. PTI NAB
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