Q. With respect to the Attorney General of India, consider the following statements:
He has the right of audience in all courts of the country.
He shall have the right to speak in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of, either House, any joint sitting of the Houses, and all the committees of Parliament.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Answer:
Only 1
Notes:
The Attorney General is the Government of India’s first law officer, and has the right of audience in all courts of the country.
Article 76(2) of the Constitution says “it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to give advice to the Government of India upon such legal matters, and to perform such other duties of a legal character, as may from time to time be referred or assigned to him by the President”.
The A-G is also supposed to “discharge the functions conferred on him by or under this Constitution or any other law for the time being in force”.
Under Article 88, the “Attorney-General of India shall have the right to speak in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of, either House, any joint sitting of the Houses, and any committee of Parliament of which he may be named a member”. However, he is not entitled to vote.
Also, the A-G for India is not, like the A-G for England and Wales and the A-G of the United States, a member of the Cabinet.