Goolam Essaji Vahanvati
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Goolam Essaji Vahanvati is the Indian
attorney general
. He is the first Indian Muslim to hold the post of Attorney General. His term in office began in June 2009 and will last for three years. Before this, he was a Solicitor-General. Prior to being appointed Solicitor-General, he was Advocate-General of Maharashtra from December 1999 to June 2004. He represented the State in the public interest litigation petition filed in the fake stamp paper scam.
, Mazagaon
.He was born in 1942 in Comilla district, now in Bangladesh. ... Goolam E. Vahanvati (60) till recently the Solicitor-General of India, is appointed as the Attorney-General of India.
He successfully defended the challenge to the reservation for OBCs in higher education. He appeared as amicus curiae in the MP Local Area Development Scheme and for Union of India/CBI in the matter relating to power of court to suo motu transfer investigation to the CBI without prior consent of the State government concerned.
The International Cricket Council
appointed him to hold an inquiry into the allegations of racism in Zimbabwe along with High Court Judge Steven Majied in September 2004. He was appointed Single Member Commission to inquire into allegations of racial abuse on South African cricketers during the South African tour of Australia in December 2005.
Indian Attorney General
The Attorney General for India is the Indian government's chief legal advisor, and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of India.The Attorney General for India is appointed by the President of India under Article 76 of the Constitution of India and holds office during the pleasure of the President...
attorney general
Attorney General
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...
. He is the first Indian Muslim to hold the post of Attorney General. His term in office began in June 2009 and will last for three years. Before this, he was a Solicitor-General. Prior to being appointed Solicitor-General, he was Advocate-General of Maharashtra from December 1999 to June 2004. He represented the State in the public interest litigation petition filed in the fake stamp paper scam.
Education
He studied at St. Mary's School, ICSESt. Mary's School, ICSE
St. Mary's School is a Jesuit-run secondary school located on Nesbit Road, Mazagaon in the city of Bombay, India. The school is affiliated with Bombay's Church of St. Anne, which is adjacent to the school....
, Mazagaon
Mazagaon
Mazagaon, also spelled Mazgaon and Mazagon , and pronounced by the Catholics as 'Mazgon' or 'Maz-a-gon' and the Marathi-speakers as Mazhgav. It is one of the seven islands of Mumbai. It is part of South Mumbai and can be reached by Byculla Station on the Central railway line and Dockyard Road...
.He was born in 1942 in Comilla district, now in Bangladesh. ... Goolam E. Vahanvati (60) till recently the Solicitor-General of India, is appointed as the Attorney-General of India.
Career
Among several cases, he appeared in the nine judges Bench hearing on the Ninth Schedule, Kuldip Nayyar’s challenge to the amendment to the Representation of the People’s Act with regard to the Rajya Sabha, the tainted Ministers case, in all matters pertaining to the sealing and the challenge to the Delhi Laws Special Provisions Act, 2007 and challenges to the Master Plan 2021.He successfully defended the challenge to the reservation for OBCs in higher education. He appeared as amicus curiae in the MP Local Area Development Scheme and for Union of India/CBI in the matter relating to power of court to suo motu transfer investigation to the CBI without prior consent of the State government concerned.
The International Cricket Council
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
appointed him to hold an inquiry into the allegations of racism in Zimbabwe along with High Court Judge Steven Majied in September 2004. He was appointed Single Member Commission to inquire into allegations of racial abuse on South African cricketers during the South African tour of Australia in December 2005.