Mohan Parasaran is a

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at the

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. In February 2013 he was appointed the Solicitor General of India and continued in this post till May 2014. He served as part of the Congress led UPA 2 government. Previously he held the post of Additional Solicitor General of India for nine years. In 2012, he resigned from the post of Additional Solicitor General but the resignation was not accepted by the Government. He was designated senior advocate in 2002.

Personal life

Parasaran is the son of the former

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and Senior Advocate, K. Parasaran and Saroja Parasaran. He has two brothers and two sisters. He lives in New Delhi, but frequents Chennai, where he grew up. His mother Mrs Saroja Parasaran is first cousin of actor Kamalahasan.

Education

Parasaran has received the B.A. (Economics) First Class from the University of Madras in 1981, a

Bachelor of Law Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Ch ...

degree from

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in 1984 and a

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from the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

Appointment as Solicitor General

Parasaran was appointed as the

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after this post become vacant due to resignation of

Rohinton Nariman Rohinton Fali Nariman (born 13 August 1956) is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Before being elevated as a judge, he practised as a senior counsel at the Supreme Court. He was appointed the Solicitor General of India on 23 July 2 ...

before completion of his tenure. Rohinton Nariman had resigned from the post, allegedly, following a difference of opinion with the Law Minister, Ashwini Kumar. Mohan Parasaran's appointment as

came to an end in May 2014 with the change in Government, and in his place,

Ranjit Kumar Ranjit Kumar is a senior advocate practising in Supreme Court of India and the former Solicitor General of India. He was appointed in 2014 by the incumbent government of Narendra Modi Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) ...

has been appointed as the new

with effect from 7 Jun 2014.

Notable Cases

Parasaran has represented the

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in landmark cases, including the dispute between the Ambani brothers on the KGD6 gasfields, international tax matters with revenue effect of over $3.2 billion in the

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case, the levy of luxury tax, sports regulation, and public interest matters concerning food security and shelter. He has also appeared in the Commission of Inquiry, which probed into the Boeing 737 crash in

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. Additional Solicitors General - The Hindu
Last Retrieved 8 February 2013

References

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