Ranjit Kumar, second top law officer to Modi government resigns as Solicitor General

There was speculation a few months ago that the Supreme Court collegium was considering his name as a judge of the apex court.

NEW DELHI: Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, the country’s second highest law officer, on Friday resigned for “personal reasons”  after former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi.

The office of Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has received his resignation letter. While Kumar confirmed to PTI that he had resigned, sources close to him said it was for “personal reasons“.

“The government is good to me. But I tendered my resignation due to personal reasons,” Kumar was quoted as saying by NDTV news channel.

He was appointed as the Solicitor General in June 2014 after the Modi government came to power. His second term as Solicitor General was renewed recently.

There was speculation a few months ago that the Supreme Court collegium was considering his name as a judge of the apex court.

Recently, Mukul Rohatgi had written to the government that he was not interested in a second term as Attorney General. Senior lawyer K K Venugopal was appointed as the new Attorney General.

PTI inputs