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Maninder Singh Resigns as Additional Solicitor General

In March, the Centre had extended the tenure of Singh till June 2020.

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After a career that spanned almost four years, senior advocate Maninder Singh resigned from his post of Additional Solicitor General on 10 October, official sources told PTI on Friday, 19 October.

Incidentally, Singh put down his papers hours after senior advocate and Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta was appointed Solicitor General of India.

Singh is the reportedly the seniormost ASG. With his resignation, there are four ASGs for the Centre now – Pinky Anand, Atmaram Nadkarni, Vikramjit Banerjee, and Aman Lekhi, reported Bar and Bench.

Besides Singh, two other senior advocates and Additional Solicitor Generals PS Narasimha and Sandeep Sethi have resigned from their post in past three months. The resignation of Narasimha is yet to be accepted by the government.

In March, the Centre had extended the tenure of Singh and P S Narasimha till June 2020 and appointed senior advocate Sandeep Sethi as Additional Solicitor General.

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