Advocate General of Kerala

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The Advocate General of Kerala is the highest law officer of the state government, responsible for advising it on legal matters and representing it in court proceedings.

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Advocate General of Kerala canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional office ⓘ
state law officer ⓘ
advises Government of Kerala ⓘ
appearsBefore High Court of Kerala ⓘ
linked to: Kerala High Court

Supreme Court of India ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction State of Kerala ⓘ
linked to: Kerala
appointedBy Governor of Kerala ⓘ
associatedWithCourt High Court of Kerala ⓘ
linked to: Kerala High Court
cannotVoteIn proceedings of the Kerala Legislature ⓘ
canParticipateIn proceedings of the Kerala Legislative Assembly ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article 165 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
fieldOfWork administrative law ⓘ
civil litigation ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
criminal litigation ⓘ
governs legal representation of the state government in courts ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver state government litigation strategy ⓘ
hasRightTo advise the state government on legal matters ⓘ
perform other legal duties assigned by the state government ⓘ
hasRightToSpeakIn Kerala Legislative Assembly ⓘ
committees of the Kerala Legislature ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
legalFramework Constitution of India ⓘ
legalStatus constitutional authority of the state ⓘ
memberOf state legal services hierarchy ⓘ
mustBeQualifiedAs person qualified to be appointed a Judge of a High Court ⓘ
officeLocation Thiruvananthapuram ⓘ
partOf executive branch of the State of Kerala ⓘ
positionInGovernment highest law officer of the Government of Kerala ⓘ
primaryRole advising the state government on legal matters ⓘ
representing the state government in court proceedings ⓘ
reportsTo Government of Kerala ⓘ
represents Government of Kerala ⓘ
requires extensive experience as an advocate ⓘ
responsibleFor conducting litigation on behalf of the state government ⓘ
defending state legislation in courts ⓘ
giving legal opinions to state departments ⓘ
seat Kerala High Court campus, Ernakulam (for litigation work) ⓘ
linked to: Kerala High Court
sector public law ⓘ
similarTo Advocate General of other Indian states ⓘ
Attorney General for India ⓘ
subordinateOffices Additional Advocate General of Kerala ⓘ
Government Pleader ⓘ
Special Government Pleader ⓘ
termLength serves during the pleasure of the Governor ⓘ
worksWith Law Department of Government of Kerala ⓘ

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Governor of Kerala → appoints → Advocate General of Kerala ⓘ