Senior Advocate Kishore Datta Appointed As Advocate General Of West Bengal

The West Bengal government appointed Senior Advocate Kishore Datta as Advocate General (AG) for the State. The appointment was confirmed by the Governor's office on 16th December 2023.

This followed the resignation of Sr Advocate SN Mookherjee, who held the post of AG from 2021 and resigned on November 10, 2023, citing personal reasons. 

This marks a second stint as AG for Datta who had previously held the post from 2017-2021, before resigning himself. 

Although Datta had been arguing at the High Court on behalf of the State after Mookherjee's resignation, official clearance for him to be appointed as AG only came on the 16th of December from the Raj Bhavan.