Additional Solicitor General of India abbreviated as ASG is a law officer of India and is the third ranking lawyer of the Government of India. The headquarters of Additional Solicitor-General may be at New Delhi or Mumbai or Chennai or Allahabad as the Government of India may specify from time to time. ASG is governed by Law Officers (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1987.
The current Additional Solicitors General as of 9 April 2015 are as follows:
Duties of Solicitor General of India and other law officers are laid out in Law Officers (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1987:
As law officers represent government of India, there are certain restrictions which are put on their private practice. A law officer is not allowed to: