L. N. Sinha

Lal Narayan Sinha was a lawyer who served as the Attorney General of India between 9 August 1979 and 8 August 1983, and as the Solicitor General of India from 17 July 1972 until 5 April 1977. He was educated at Patna Law College, Patna University.

Sinha was the first Attorney General to represent a private party during their term in office.[1]

Family and early life

His son Lalit Mohan Sharma became the Chief Justice of India.[2][3] Before becoming the Solicitor General of India, he was the Advocate General of Bihar for several years.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Rakesh Bhatnagar (13 July 2015). "India allows its top law officers to represent private clients. But should it?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. ↑ TNN (2009-01-19). "Alumni to restore pristine glory of Patna Law College". The Times of India. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  3. ↑ Patna University. "Patna Law College". Patna University. Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
  4. ↑ Setalvad, Motilal C. (2012). My Life: Law and other things. Universal Law Publishing Co. ISBN 978-81-7534-141-8.


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