New Delhi:
Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar,
the country's second highest law officer, resigned today for
"personal reasons".
The office of Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad received
his resignation letter today.
While Kumar confirmed to PTI that he had resigned,
sources close to him said it was for "personal reasons".
He was appointed solicitor general in June 2014
after the Modi government came to power. 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.
Recently, Mukul Rohatgi had written to the government that
he was not interested in a second term as attorney general.
Senior lawyer K K Venugopal was appointed as new attorney
general.
