Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appointed Solicitor General of India

Oct 10 (AZINS) Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta was on Tuesday appointed as the new Solicitor General of India. The senior lawyer will assume the office of the Solicitor General till June 30, 2020.

The post was vacant since October 20, 2017, after the resignation of Ranjit Kumar.

Earlier, the Centre had extended the tenure of Mehta, who was named the special public prosecutor for 2G spectrum scam cases, till June 2020.

Mehta's appointment as special public prosecutor in the 2G cases on February 8 follows the acquittal of all 19 accused, including former telecom minister A Raja and DMK lawmaker Kanimozhi, in 2G spectrum scam by a CBI court here on December 21 last year.