Q. Which of the following statements about Attorney General of India is correct?
Answer:
AGI is a part of the Union Executive
Notes:
- Attorney general is a part of the Union Executive.
- He is appointed by the president.
- He/she must be a person who is qualified to be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court.
- The term of office of the Attorney General is not fixed by the Constitution.
- Further, the Constitution does not contain the procedure and grounds for his/her removal.
- Thus, he/she holds office during the pleasure of the president which means that he may be removed by the president at any time.
- The remuneration of the Attorney General is not fixed by the Constitution and receives such remuneration as the President may determine.
- To represent the Government of India in any reference made by the president to the Supreme Court under Article 143 of the Constitution.
- He has the right of audience in all courts in the territory of India.
- He/she has the right to speak and to take part in the proceedings of both the Houses of Parliament or their joint sitting and any committee of the Parliament of which he/she may be named a member, but without a right to vote.
- He/she enjoys all the privileges and immunities that are available to a Member of Parliament.
- He not a full-time counsel for the Government and does not fall in the category of government servants.
- He/she is not debarred from private legal practice.
- The Attorney General is not a member of the Central cabinet.
- The Delhi High Court has ruled that the office of the Attorney General of India (AGI) does not come under the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act as it is not a public authority.