{"id":50234,"date":"2017-10-20T16:39:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T11:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=50234"},"modified":"2017-10-20T16:39:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T11:09:17","slug":"ranjit-kumar-resigns-solicitor-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ranjit-kumar-resigns-solicitor-general","title":{"rendered":"Ranjit Kumar resigns as solicitor general"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/Ranjit-Kumar.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"50235\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ranjit-kumar-resigns-solicitor-general\/ranjit-kumar\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/Ranjit-Kumar.jpg?fit=302%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"302,201\" 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=\"Ranjit Kumar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/Ranjit-Kumar.jpg?fit=302%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-50235\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/Ranjit-Kumar.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/Ranjit-Kumar.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/Ranjit-Kumar.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/Ranjit-Kumar.jpg?w=302&amp;ssl=1 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, the country&#8217;s second highest law officer, resigned today for &#8220;personal reasons&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The office of Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad received his resignation letter today.<\/p>\n<p>While Kumar confirmed to PTI that he had resigned, sources close to him said it was for &#8220;personal reasons&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He was appointed solicitor general in June 2014 after the Modi government came to power. His second term as solicitor general was renewed recently.<\/p>\n<p>There was speculation a few months ago that the Supreme Court collegium was considering his name as a judge of the apex court.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Mukul Rohatgi had written to the government that he was not interested in a second term as attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>Senior lawyer K K Venugopal was appointed as new attorney general.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, the country&#8217;s second highest law officer, resigned today for &#8220;personal reasons&#8221;. The office of Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad received his resignation letter today. While Kumar confirmed to PTI that he had resigned, sources close to him said it was for &#8220;personal reasons&#8221;. 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