Senior Advocate and Former ASG Mukul Rohatgi has been appointed the Attorney General for India, replacing Goolam E Vahanvati who submitted his resignation today..This appointment puts an end to all speculation regarding Vahanvati’s successor; Senior Advocate Harish Salve was rumored to also have been a contender for the top post..Mukul Rohatgi was an Additional Solicitor General during the previous NDA regime and his appointment comes hours after Goolam E Vahanvati resigned..“My priority would be to streamline the litigation process, to cut down litigation between government departments and PSUs. [The] new government will co-operate in this aspect as this government wants to change a lot”, Rohatgi said in an interview..A graduate of the University of Mumbai, Rohatgi started his career with Justice Sabharwal who later rose to be the Chief Justice of India. He worked in Sabharwal’s chamber for three years before starting his own practice. When asked to share his thoughts on how to become a successful lawyer, he once told Bar & Bench that, “It is all about burning the midnight oil.”
Senior Advocate and Former ASG Mukul Rohatgi has been appointed the Attorney General for India, replacing Goolam E Vahanvati who submitted his resignation today..This appointment puts an end to all speculation regarding Vahanvati’s successor; Senior Advocate Harish Salve was rumored to also have been a contender for the top post..Mukul Rohatgi was an Additional Solicitor General during the previous NDA regime and his appointment comes hours after Goolam E Vahanvati resigned..“My priority would be to streamline the litigation process, to cut down litigation between government departments and PSUs. [The] new government will co-operate in this aspect as this government wants to change a lot”, Rohatgi said in an interview..A graduate of the University of Mumbai, Rohatgi started his career with Justice Sabharwal who later rose to be the Chief Justice of India. He worked in Sabharwal’s chamber for three years before starting his own practice. When asked to share his thoughts on how to become a successful lawyer, he once told Bar & Bench that, “It is all about burning the midnight oil.”