{"id":36230,"date":"2014-12-16T00:22:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T18:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=36230"},"modified":"2014-12-16T00:22:48","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T18:52:48","slug":"l-nageshwar-rao-resigns-asg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/l-nageshwar-rao-resigns-asg","title":{"rendered":"L Nageshwar Rao resigns as ASG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Additional-Solicitor-General-L-Nageshwar-Rao.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"36231\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/l-nageshwar-rao-resigns-asg\/additional-solicitor-general-l-nageshwar-rao\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/12\/Additional-Solicitor-General-L-Nageshwar-Rao.png?fit=268%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"268,188\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Additional Solicitor General L Nageshwar Rao\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/12\/Additional-Solicitor-General-L-Nageshwar-Rao.png?fit=268%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36231\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Additional-Solicitor-General-L-Nageshwar-Rao.png?resize=268%2C188&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Additional Solicitor General L Nageshwar Rao\" width=\"268\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/12\/Additional-Solicitor-General-L-Nageshwar-Rao.png?w=268&amp;ssl=1 268w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/12\/Additional-Solicitor-General-L-Nageshwar-Rao.png?resize=150%2C105&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0today resigned from his post.<\/p>\n<p>Rao, in a letter to Union Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, tendered his resignation as ASG, a post to which he was appointed by the NDA government on June 7 for three years.<\/p>\n<p>In his communication to Gowda, Rao did not give any reason for stepping down and said he has good relations with all law officers.<\/p>\n<p>The senior advocate was also the law officer during the previous UPA rule from August 2013 to May 2014. He was also ASG for a brief period during the NDA regime in 2003 and had resigned in 2004.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0today resigned from his post. Rao, in a letter to Union Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, tendered his resignation as ASG, a post to which he was appointed by the NDA government on June 7 for three years. In his communication to Gowda, Rao did not give any reason for stepping down and said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[90],"tags":[26067],"class_list":["post-36230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bar-bench-firm-news","tag-additional-solicitor-general-l-nageshwar-rao"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>L Nageshwar Rao resigns as ASG - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"L Nageshwar Rao resigns as ASG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/l-nageshwar-rao-resigns-asg\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"L Nageshwar Rao resigns as ASG - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"L Nageshwar Rao resigns as ASG\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/l-nageshwar-rao-resigns-asg\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-12-15T18:52:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/12\/Additional-Solicitor-General-L-Nageshwar-Rao.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"268\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"188\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/l-nageshwar-rao-resigns-asg#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/l-nageshwar-rao-resigns-asg\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"L Nageshwar Rao resigns as ASG\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-15T18:52:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/l-nageshwar-rao-resigns-asg\"},\"wordCount\":102,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/l-nageshwar-rao-resigns-asg#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2014\\\/12\\\/Additional-Solicitor-General-L-Nageshwar-Rao.png?fit=268%2C188&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Additional Solicitor General L. 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