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.
Tushar Mehta | |
|---|---|
| Solicitor General of India | |
| Assumed office 10 October 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Preceded by | Ranjit Kumar |
| Additional Solicitor General of India | |
| In office 7 June 2014 – 10 October 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Additional Advocate General, State of Gujarat | |
| In office 16 December 2008 – 7 June 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 September 1964 |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Senior Advocate |
Education and career
editMehta 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]
After enrolling as an advocate with the Bar Council of Gujarat in 1987, Mehta began his legal career under Krishnakant Vakharia, a senior advocate at the Gujarat High Court. He was designated as a senior advocate in 2008 at the age of 42 by the Gujarat High Court.[5] He was appointed as the Additional Advocate General for Gujarat in 2008.[6] Mehta was appointed as the Additional Solicitor General of India in 2014.[7] Mehta was then appointed as the Solicitor General of India in 2018 for three years.[8] His term has then been regularly extended since then.[5]
References
edit- ↑ "Tushar Mehta is new SG". The Hindu. 11 October 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ↑ "Shri Tushar Mehta Solicitor General of India" (PDF).
- ↑ "Amity Awards Degrees To 6046 Successfully Qualified Graduands Of Management Programs On The Second Day Of "Convocation 2017"". 11 November 2017.
- ↑ "KSLU honour for Solicitor General Tushar Mehta".
- 1 2 Singh, Mohit (15 October 2025). "Tushar M. Mehta". One Law Street. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
- ↑ "Mr. Tushar Mehta". Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ↑ "Tushar Mehta made addl solicitor general". ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com. Ahmedabad Mirror. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ↑ "Law Officers | Supreme Court of India". Retrieved 29 April 2025.
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