Niren De
Attorney General of India[1]
In office
1 November 1968 – 31 March 1977
Preceded byC. K. Daphtary
Succeeded byS. V. Gupte
Solicitor General of India
In office
30 September 1967 – 30 October 1968
Preceded byS. V. Gupte
Succeeded byJagadish Swarup
Personal details
Born(1908-08-17)17 August 1908[2]
Calcutta, British India
AwardsPadma Vibhushan (1974)

Niren De was an Indian Lawyer and was the Attorney General of India from November 1968 to March 1977 and it covered Indian Emergency.[3] He was earlier the Solicitor General of India.[4][5][6] He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1974. He was also the Chairman of the Bar council of India.[7]

References

  1. ^ PEU GHOSH (1 April 2017). INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS. PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. pp. 445–. ISBN 978-81-203-5318-3. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  2. ^ Enlite. Light Publications. 1968. p. 8. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  3. ^ Attorney General of India Archived 2012-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Solicitor General of India". Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  5. ^ "When the Supreme Court struck down the Habeas Corpus". Archived from the original on 2018-05-26. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  6. ^ What Indira Gandhi's Emergency proved for India
  7. ^ "Former Chairmen". Bar council of India. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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