Centre Reappoints Solicitor General Tushar Mehta For 3 More Years

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has reappointed Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta for a further term of three years from July 1, ensuring his continuity in the Centre's legal leadership before the Supreme Court and other constitutional courts.

Centre's decision was conveyed through an order issued on June 20 by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). Mehta will continue as the country's second-highest law officer for a fresh three-year term, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

SG Mehta has completed 8 years as Solicitor General and with this re-appointment he will complete 11 years at the end of this tenure. He has yet to break Senior Advocate CK Daphtary who was appointed as the first Solicitor General of India in May 1951. He was also appointed as Attorney General and held that office with equal distinction from 2 March, 1963 to 30 October, 1968. He was thus a law officer for a continuous period of over 23 years.

SG Mehta has represented the Union of India in several landmark cases involving constitutional interpretation, national security, electoral reforms, citizenship issues, taxation, digital regulation and Centre-State disputes. He has regularly appeared before Constitution Benches of the Supreme Court and before various High Courts in matters of significant policy implications for the government.

Along with Mehta, the ACC has also approved the reappointment of five Additional Solicitors General (ASGs) for the Supreme Court for another three-year term. Vikramjit Banerjee and K.M. Nataraj have been reappointed with effect from July 1, 2026, while Suryaprakash V. Raju, N. Venkataraman and Aishwarya Bhati have been reappointed from June 30, 2026.

The government has also reappointed Chetan Sharma as Additional Solicitor General for the Delhi High Court for a further period of six months with effect from July 1, 2026, or until further orders.

SG Mehta first joined the Centre's legal team as Additional Solicitor General in 2014. He was elevated as Solicitor General of India in October 2018 and has since emerged as one of the longest-serving holders of the office in recent years. Prior to his appointment at the Centre, he served as Additional Advocate General for Gujarat and built an extensive practice in constitutional and public law.