PM Modi-led ACC accepts Ranjit Kumar's resignation from solicitor general post

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted the resignation of Ranjit Kumar as Solicitor General of India on Wednesday.

Kumar, who had submitted his resignation on 20 October, had cited personal reasons for the resignation. He said that he has family issues to attend to and had to resign because he couldn't give time to as required by the office of the Solicitor-General.

Kumar informed that he has not been able to attend to certain health issues of family members for long.The office of Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad received his resignation letter.

His second term as solicitor general was renewed recently. There was speculation a few months ago that the Supreme Court collegium was considering his name as a judge of the apex court. He was appointed in 2014 by the incumbent government of Narendra Modi, succeeding Mohan Parasaran.

In 2012, Ranjit Kumar and two other senior advocates were threatened with expulsion from the Supreme Court Bar Association.

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