Rohinton Nariman appointed Solicitor General

Nariman has argued a number of constitutional and corporate cases in the Supreme Court and high courts.

Written by: Press Trust of India

1 min readNew DelhiJul 28, 2011 01:40 AM IST First published on: Jul 28, 2011 at 01:40 AM IST

Senior lawyer Rohinton Nariman was on Wednesday appointed the Solicitor General of India after the Appointments Committee of Cabinet approved his name,sources in the Law Ministry said.

Nariman,54,son of eminent jurist Fali S Nariman,replaces Gopal Subramanium who resigned to protest Narimans appointment,without his knowledge,as special government counsel in a 2G spectrum allocation scam case.

Nariman has argued a number of constitutional and corporate cases in the Supreme Court and high courts. He,with senior advocate Harish Salve,argued for Mukesh Ambanis RIL in the dispute over the supply and pricing of gas from KG basin between the Ambani brothers.

Nariman was designated a senior advocate at age 37 in 1993 when the then CJI M N Venkatachaliah amended the rules to reduce the limit of the minimum age of 45 years for designating a lawyer as a senior advocate.