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Milon Banerjee is Attorney General

By Our Legal Correspondent

NEW DELHI, JUNE 5. The Union Government today appointed senior advocate Milon Kumar Banerjee as the next Attorney General of India. He succeeds Soli Sorabjee, who resigned following the change of guard at the Centre.

Mr. Banerjee, 74, was enrolled as an advocate in 1955 and designated senior advocate in May 1972. Besides regular appearances in the Supreme Court and other courts in the country, he has appeared in several international arbitrations.

Mr. Banerjee was appointed the second Additional Solicitor-General of India in August 1979, was Solicitor General from 1986 to 1989 and Attorney General from November 1992 to July 1996.

In the Ayodhya case, as Attorney General he was faced with a case of far- reaching significance. The day he took over (November 24, 1992), Mr. Banerjee cautioned the Supreme Court that the situation had reached a boiling point and any inaction would make the situation irreversible and the court would be faced with a fait accompli. The judgment in the Ram Janambhoomi case, upholding the validity of the Acquisition of Certain Areas in Ayodhya Act, 1993, was another landmark in his career.

The national awards, viz., Bharat Ratna and the Padma awards, were revived by the Supreme Court after a long break, accepting Mr. Banerjee's arguments and suggestions.

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