Tushar Mehta

Tushar Mehta is a senior counsel in India and is currently serving as the Solicitor General of India.^[1] He is the second-longest serving solicitor general of India after C. K. Daphtary.

Tushar Mehta
Solicitor General of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 October 2018 (2018-10-10)
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Ranjit Kumar
Additional Solicitor General of India
In office 7 June 2014 (2014-06-07) – 10 October 2018 (2018-10-10)
Appointed by	Pranab Mukherjee
Additional Advocate General, State of Gujarat
In office 16 December 2008 (2008-12-16) – 7 June 2014 (2014-06-07)
Personal details
Born	(1964-09-11) 11 September 1964 (age 60) Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
Children	2
Occupation	Senior Advocate

Education and career

Mehta attended the Gujarat University, where he obtained his law degree and received five gold medals.^[2] He has also received honorary doctorates from Amity University, Noida^[3] and Karnataka State Law University.^[4]

Mehta began his career as an advocate in 1987 and was designated as a senior advocate in 2007 at the age of 42 by the Gujarat High Court. He was appointed as the Additional Advocate General in 2008.^[5] Mehta was appointed as the Additional Solicitor General of India in 2014.^[6] Mehta was then appointed as the Solicitor General of India in 2018.^[7]