Senior advocate Deepinder Singh Patwalia has been appointed the new Advocate General of Punjab in place of Senior Advocate Atul Nanda.

Patiawala is the son of a former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Kuldip Singh and has mainly practiced in constitutional, service and criminal matters.

Patwalia was designated as a senior advocate by the Punjab and Haryana high court in 2014.

Nanda resigned shortly after former Chief Minister of Punjab Amarinder Singh stepped down.