Punjab Government appointed senior advocate Deepinder Singh Patwalia as the state Advocate General (AG)

Key Points:

• The post had fallen vacant after senior advocate APS Deol stepped down following objections by a senior leader of the ruling party.
• With the appointment, Patwalia has kept up the family tradition of standing up for justice. He is the son of a retired Supreme Court judge, Justice Kuldip Singh, and brother of a Punjab and Haryana High Court’s former judge, Justice Paramjit Singh Patwalia. Designated senior advocate more than seven years ago, he is the youngest AG for the state in the recallable past.