In India, an
advocate general is a legal advisor to a
state government
A state government is the government that controls a subdivision of a country in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government. A state government may have some level of political autonom ...
.
The post was created by the
Constitution of India
The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India, legal document of India, and the longest written national constitution in the world. The document lays down the framework that demarcates fundamental political code, structure, procedures ...
(vide Article 165) and corresponds to that of
Attorney General for India at the union government level. The
governor
A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political regions, political region, in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the ...
of each state shall appoint a person who is qualified to be appointed as judge of the
High Court as the advocate general.
List of advocates general in states
See also
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Chief secretary
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Director general of police
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Head of Forest Forces
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Solicitor General of India
References
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India law-related lists