Attorney General of India

The Attorney General for India is the Indian Govt's Chief Legal Advisor, and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of India(SCI)

The Attorney General of India is appointed by the President of India  under [[s:Constitution of India/Part V#Article 76 {Attorney-General for India}|Article 76(1) of the Constitution]] and holds office during the pleasure of the President.

The Attorney General of India must be a person qualified to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court.

The 14th and current Attorney General is Mukul Rohatgi, who was appointed by the Pranab Mukherjee the President of India and has been formally appointed with effect from June 12,2014 and shall have a tenure of 3 years

List of Attorney General of India

M. C. Setalvad 28.01.1950 - 01.03.1963 Jawaharlal Nehru
C.K.Daphtary 02.03.1963 - 30.10.1968 Jawaharlal Nehru; Lal Bahadur Shastri
Niren De 01.11.1968 - 31.03.1977 Indira Gandhi
S.V. Gupte 01.04.1977 - 08.08.1979 Morarji Desai
L.N. Sinha 09.08.1979 - 08.08.1983 Indira Gandhi
K. Parasaran 09.08.1983 - 08.12.1989 Indira Gandhi; Rajiv Gandhi
Soli Sorabjee 09.12.1989 - 02.12.1990 V. P. Singh; Chandra Shekhar
G. Ramaswamy 03.12.1990 - 23.11.1992 Chandra Shekhar; P. V. Narasimha Rao
Milon K. Banerji 21.11.1992 - 08.07.1996 P. V. Narasimha Rao
Ashok Desai 09.07.1996 - 06.04.1998 H. D. Devegowda; Inder Kumar Gujral
Soli Sorabjee 07.04.1998 - 04.06.2004 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Milon K. Banerji 05.06.2004 - 07.06.2009 Manmohan Singh
Goolam Essaji Vahanvati 08.06.2009 - June 11,2014