Senior Advocate of Punjab & Haryana High Court Deepinder Singh Patwalia has been appointed new Advocate General (AG) of Punjab..A notification to that effect was issued by Anurag Verma, Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab. Patwalia is the son of retired Supreme Court judge Justice Kuldip Singh and brother of Supreme Court senior lawyer, Paramjit Singh Patwalia. The appointment was made after former Advocate General APS Deol resigned from the post .Deol was appointed AG of Punjab on September 27 after Atul Nanda resigned with the exit of Captain Amarinder Singh as Punjab Chief Minister.Days after his appointment, Deol had tendered his resignation after Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu had objected to Deol's appointment.Siddhu had alleged that Deol was a defence lawyer for former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini and Paramraj Singh Umaranangal, both accused in the Behbal Kalan police firing case.Initially, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi had not accepted Deol's resignation.Later, Deol had released a press statement alleging that Sidhu was obstructing the functioning of the government and office of Advocate General (AG)."Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu is obstructing the functioning of the Punjab government and there is a concerted effort by vested interests to malign the image of the Congress party in view of the upcoming elections in the State," the press release said.Eventually, the CM had accepted Deol's resignation on November 9. .[Read Notification]
Senior Advocate of Punjab & Haryana High Court Deepinder Singh Patwalia has been appointed new Advocate General (AG) of Punjab..A notification to that effect was issued by Anurag Verma, Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab. Patwalia is the son of retired Supreme Court judge Justice Kuldip Singh and brother of Supreme Court senior lawyer, Paramjit Singh Patwalia. The appointment was made after former Advocate General APS Deol resigned from the post .Deol was appointed AG of Punjab on September 27 after Atul Nanda resigned with the exit of Captain Amarinder Singh as Punjab Chief Minister.Days after his appointment, Deol had tendered his resignation after Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu had objected to Deol's appointment.Siddhu had alleged that Deol was a defence lawyer for former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini and Paramraj Singh Umaranangal, both accused in the Behbal Kalan police firing case.Initially, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi had not accepted Deol's resignation.Later, Deol had released a press statement alleging that Sidhu was obstructing the functioning of the government and office of Advocate General (AG)."Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu is obstructing the functioning of the Punjab government and there is a concerted effort by vested interests to malign the image of the Congress party in view of the upcoming elections in the State," the press release said.Eventually, the CM had accepted Deol's resignation on November 9. .[Read Notification]
