Within months after the Centre gave him an extension, Solicitor-General of India Ranjit Kumar, the second highest ranking law officer of the government, resigned with immediate effect a day after Diwali.
a successful senior advocate who joined the government’s team of law officers in the Supreme Court in 2014, cited personal reasons and family commitments for his decision to opt out.
His tenure of three years as Solicitor General had ended on June 6, 2017, but the government had extended the tenure on an ad hoc basis.
Cauvery issue
As Solicitor General, Mr. Kumar had appeared for the Centre in the Cauvery river water sharing litigation in which he argued that the government, and not the Supreme Court, should take the final decision on the water-sharing scheme to be framed on the basis of the Cauvery Tribunal's award.
Other cases
Mr. Kumar also represented the Centre in a case filed against the use of pellet guns against protestors in Jammu and Kashmir.
He also took the initiative to frame school safety guidelines for students while representing the Centre in the Pradyuman Thakur murder case.
The Solicitor General of India is appointed for the period of 3 years. The Solicitor General of India is the secondary law officer of the country, assists the Attorney General, and is himself assisted by several Additional Solicitors General of India
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