Rohinton Nariman has today resigned as the Solicitor General of India. He is the second Solicitior General to resign after Senior Advocate Gopal Subramanium in the second term of the UPA government..The reason for his resignation is not know yet but according to CNN-IBN, there were differences between the Solicitor General and the Law Minister..Rohinton Nariman had replaced Gopal Subramanium in July 2011, who had resigned from the post when the Centre decided to appoint Nariman in the 2G-scam case..The appointment of Solicitor-General is for a period of three years, effective from the date on which the notification is issued. However, Nariman has resigned within one and a half years of his appointment..Nariman was designated Senior Advocate at the age of 37 years when the then Chief Justice of India, M.N. Venkatachalaiah, amended the rules reducing the limit of the minimum age of 45 years for designating a lawyer as a senior advocate. He is the son of eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman..Nariman joined the Bar as an advocate in 1974. He is a graduate from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University and went to Harvard for further studies.
Rohinton Nariman has today resigned as the Solicitor General of India. He is the second Solicitior General to resign after Senior Advocate Gopal Subramanium in the second term of the UPA government..The reason for his resignation is not know yet but according to CNN-IBN, there were differences between the Solicitor General and the Law Minister..Rohinton Nariman had replaced Gopal Subramanium in July 2011, who had resigned from the post when the Centre decided to appoint Nariman in the 2G-scam case..The appointment of Solicitor-General is for a period of three years, effective from the date on which the notification is issued. However, Nariman has resigned within one and a half years of his appointment..Nariman was designated Senior Advocate at the age of 37 years when the then Chief Justice of India, M.N. Venkatachalaiah, amended the rules reducing the limit of the minimum age of 45 years for designating a lawyer as a senior advocate. He is the son of eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman..Nariman joined the Bar as an advocate in 1974. He is a graduate from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University and went to Harvard for further studies.