ae -2020 Article 76 of the Constitution states that the President shall appoint a person who is qualified to be appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court to be the Attorney General for India. The primary duty of the Attorney General is to give advice to the Government of India upon such legal matters and to perform such other duties of a legal character, as may from time to time be referred or assigned to him by the President. He also represents the Government of India in cases before the Supreme Court and High Courts.
The Attorney General of India is a legal advisor to
Asked in UPPSC Upper Mains 2008 · Topic: The Attorney General and the C.A.G. (Functions and Duties of Attorney General: Chief Legal Advisor to Government of India)
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