The office of the Additional Solicitor General (ASG) of India at Patna High Court premises was today inagurated by Acting Chief Justice Iqbal Ahmad Ansari.
Senior advocate S D Sanjay is the first Additional Solicitor General (ASG) of India for the state of Bihar.
Sanjay was appointed to the post on April 8, 2015, by the Appointment Committee of the union cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He will represent Government of India's side at Patna HC and Central Administrative Tribunal in matters relating to the Centre.
The Centre had created the ASG's post on December 10, 2014 for Bihar, Karnataka, Punjab, Jharkhand and Gujarat after amending the Law Officers Service Condition Rule 1987.
Prior to the appointment in these five states, ASGs have already been appointed in Bombay, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Allahabad High Courts.
The Bihar ASG will be the overall in-charge of Centre's litigation in Bihar including allotment of work among other union government lawyers. He will be assisted by two teams of lawyers - each comprising 30 of them at Patna HC and CAT, Sanjay said.
Earlier, Assistant Solicitor General of India used to look after litigations on behalf of the Union of India in Patna HC.
