Tushar Mehta Explained

Tushar Mehta
Office:Solicitor General of India
Predecessor:Ranjit Kumar
Occupation:Senior Advocate
Office1:Additional Solicitor General of India
Appointer1:Pranab Mukherjee
Appointer:Ram Nath Kovind
Office2:Additional Advocate General, State of Gujarat
Birth Date:11 September 1964
Birth Place:Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
Nationality:Indian
Children:2

Tushar Mehta is a senior counsel in India and is currently serving as the Solicitor General of India.[1] He is the second-longest serving solicitor general of India after C. K. Daphtary.

Education and career

Mehta attended the Gujarat University, where he obtained his law degree and received five gold medals.[2] He has also received honorary doctorates from Amity University, Noida[3] and Karnataka State Law University.[4]

Mehta began his career as an advocate in 1987 and was designated as a senior advocate in 2007 at the age of 42 by the Gujarat High Court. He was appointed as the Additional Advocate General in 2008.[5] Mehta was appointed as the Additional Solicitor General of India in 2014.[6] Mehta was then appointed as the Solicitor General of India in 2018.

Notes and References

  1. News: Tushar Mehta is new SG. 2018-10-11. The Hindu. 2018-11-03. en-IN. 0971-751X.
  2. Web site: Shri Tushar Mehta Solicitor General of India .
  3. Web site: Amity Awards Degrees To 6046 Successfully Qualified Graduands Of Management Programs On The Second Day Of "Convocation 2017" . 11 November 2017 .
  4. Web site: KSLU honour for Solicitor General Tushar Mehta .
  5. Web site: Mr. Tushar Mehta. 5 August 2020.
  6. News: Tushar Mehta made addl solicitor general. June 10, 2014. Ahmedabad Mirror. ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com. 5 August 2020.