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Birendra Saraf set to become new Advocate General of Maharashtra

By IndianMandarins- 13 Dec 2022

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Mumbai (13.12.2022): Senior Advocate Dr Birendra Saraf is set to become the new Advocate General of Maharashtra after the Maharashtra cabinet headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde recommended the name of Saraf. Once Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari gives his approval, Saraf will be appointed as the next Advocate General of Maharashtra. The resignation of incumbent AG Ashutosh Kumbhakoni was accepted today.

Saraf has been practicing before the Bombay High Court for the past 25 years. Interestingly as a junior lawyer, he worked in the chambers of the present Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. After Chandrachud was elevated as Bombay High Court judge in 2000, Saraf joined the chambers of former Advocate General Ravi Kadam. Saraf was designated as a Senior Advocate in the year 2020.

He successfully argued for Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut in her plea challenging demolition activity by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on her property in Bandra in September 2020.

He also represented Dhyandev Wankhede, father of IRS officer Sameer Wankhede, who formerly headed the Narcotics Control Bureau during the Aryan Khan drug case.