Central Government has appointed six senior advocates as Additional Solicitors General (ASG) to represent Government in the Supreme Court of India.
According to an order of the Appointments Committee of Cabinet issued on Monday, the ASGs have been appointed for a period of three years.
Senior Advocates S Dwarakanath, Archana Pathak Dave, Satya Darshi Sanjay, Brijender Chahar, Raghavendra P Shankar and Rajkumar Bhaskar Thakare (Raja Thakare) have been appointed as ASGs.
ASGs represent the government in the Supreme Court and the various high courts and assist the Attorney General and the Solicitor General in defending the government.
Before the fresh appointments were made, there were five ASGs in Supreme Court with six vacancies.
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