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The Solicitor General for India is subordinate to the Attorney General for India. The Solicitor General for India is the second law officer of the country, assists the Attorney General, and is himself assisted by four Additional Solicitors General for India.^[1] Unlike the Attorney General, Solicitor General does not tender legal advice to the Government of India. His workload is confined to appearing is courts on behalf of the union of india.

Former Solicitor Generals of India

The former Solicitor Generals for India have been as under ^[2];

Solicitor General	Term
C.K. Daphtary	28.01.1950 – 01.03.1963
H.N. Sanyal	02.03.1963 – 09.09.1964
S.V. Gupta	10.09.1964 – 16.09.1967
Niren De	30.09.1967 – 30.10.1968
Jagadish Swarup	05.06.1969 – 04.06.1972
L.N. Sinha	17.07.1972 – 05.04.1977
S.N. Kacker	05.04.1977 – 02.08.1979
Soli Sorabjee	09.08.1979 – 25.01.1980
K. Parasaran	06.03.1980 – 08.08.1983
Milon K. Banerjee	04.04.1986 – 03.04.1989
Ashok Desai	18.12.1989 – 02.12.1990
A.D. Giri	04.12.1990 – 01.12.1991
Dipankar P. Gupta	09.04.1992 – 10.04.1997
A.R. Andhiyarujina	11.04.1997 – 04.04.1998
Santosh Hedge	10.04.1998 – 07.01.1999
Harish Salve	01.11.1999 -
G. E. Vahanvati	incumbent

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^ http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/new_s/constitution.htm Constitution of the Supreme Court of India
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[1] ttp://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/new_s/constitution.htm Constitution of the Supreme Court of India

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	The '''Solicitor General for India'''is subordinate to the [[Attorney General for India]]. The Solicitor General for India is the second law officer of the country, assists the Attorney General, and is himself assisted by four Additional Solicitors General for India.<ref>http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/new_s/constitution.htm Constitution of the Supreme Court of India</ref> Unlike the Attorney General, Solicitor General does not tender legal advice to the [[Government of India. His workload is confined to appearing is courts on behalf of the union of india.		The '''Solicitor General for India''' is subordinate to the [[Attorney General for India]]. The Solicitor General for India is the second law officer of the country, assists the Attorney General, and is himself assisted by four Additional Solicitors General for India.<ref>http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/new_s/constitution.htm Constitution of the Supreme Court of India</ref> Unlike the Attorney General, Solicitor General does not tender legal advice to the Government of India. His workload is confined to appearing is courts on behalf of the union of india.

	==Former Solicitor Generals of India==		==Former Solicitor Generals of India==