R. Shunmugasundaram takes charge as Advocate General of Tamil Nadu
The Hindu
Mr. Shunmugasundaram has an experience of 44 years in the Bar and has been a designated senior counsel for the last 20 years.
Senior counsel R. Shunmugasundaram took charge as the Advocate General of Tamil Nadu on Sunday. A Government Order issued on Saturday stated that the Governor had accepted the government's proposal to appoint him as the new Advocate General for the State. He is expected to represent the State Government before the first Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy on Monday during the hearing of a public interest litigation petition, taken up by the court suo motu, to monitor the measures being taken by the government to fight the second wave of COVID-19. Mr. Shunmugasundaram has an experience of 44 years in the Bar and has been a designated senior counsel for the last 20 years. He is also a former Member of Parliament who represented the State in the Rajya Sabha from 2002 to 2008 and had been the State Public Prosecutor from 1996 to 2001.
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