Senior Advocate Atul Nanda has been appointed Advocate General of Punjab, reports HT. Nanda, who was sworn in yesterday, replaces Ashok Aggarwal as the state’s top law officer..Nanda has previously served as Additional Advocate General during the Congress government’s regime from 2002-2007. After this, he shifted his practice to Delhi, where he was the central government’s Standing Counsel. He was designated as Senior Advocate of the Delhi High Court in 2011..He has represented Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in a number of cases, including the Ludhiana City Centre scam, the Amritsar Improvement Trust case, and his disqualification from the assembly by the Parkash Singh Badal-led government in 2008..According to this article, his top priority would be to ensure that law officers are appointed; Punjab is yet to notify rules for appointment as directed by the Supreme Court in March last year. Another goal, he stated, was to reduce state government litigation.
Senior Advocate Atul Nanda has been appointed Advocate General of Punjab, reports HT. Nanda, who was sworn in yesterday, replaces Ashok Aggarwal as the state’s top law officer..Nanda has previously served as Additional Advocate General during the Congress government’s regime from 2002-2007. After this, he shifted his practice to Delhi, where he was the central government’s Standing Counsel. He was designated as Senior Advocate of the Delhi High Court in 2011..He has represented Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in a number of cases, including the Ludhiana City Centre scam, the Amritsar Improvement Trust case, and his disqualification from the assembly by the Parkash Singh Badal-led government in 2008..According to this article, his top priority would be to ensure that law officers are appointed; Punjab is yet to notify rules for appointment as directed by the Supreme Court in March last year. Another goal, he stated, was to reduce state government litigation.
