Subject - Indian Polity & Governance
Chapter : Attorney General of India

Attorney General of India

• The Attorney General for India is appointed by the President of India under Article 76 of the Constitution and holds office during the pleasure of the President. He must be a person qualified to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court. It is the duty of the Attorney General for India to give advice to the Government of India upon such legal matters and to perform such other duties of legal character as may be referred or assigned to him by the President.

• In discharge of his functions, the Attorney General is assisted by a Solicitor General and four Additional Solicitors General. The Solicitor General and Additional Solicitors General are not constitutional posts.

• The Attorney General of India is the Indian government’s chief legal advisor.

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