Mohan Parasaran
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Mohan Parasaran | |
|---|---|
| Solicitor General of India | |
| In office February 2013 – May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Rohinton Fali Nariman |
| Succeeded by | Ranjit Kumar |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Additional Solicitor General of India | |
| In office 2004–2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Personal details | |
| Relations | K. Parasaran (father), Saroja Parasaran (mother) |
| Alma mater | University of Madras, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, University of Cambridge |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Mohan Parasaran is a Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India. In February 2013 he was appointed the Solicitor General of India and continued in this post till May 2014. He served as part of the Congress led UPA 2 government.[1] Previously he held the post of Additional Solicitor General of India for nine years.[2] In 2012, he resigned from the post of Additional Solicitor General but the resignation was not accepted by the Government.[3] He was designated senior advocate in 2002.[4]
Parasaran is the son of the former Attorney General of India and Senior Advocate, K. Parasaran and Saroja Parasaran.[5] He has two brothers and two sisters.[6] He lives in New Delhi, but frequents Chennai, where he grew up. His mother Mrs Saroja Parasaran is first cousin of actor Kamalahasan.
Education
Parasaran has received the B.A. (Economics) First Class from the University of Madras in 1981, a Bachelor of Law degree from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi in 1984 and a Master of Laws from the University of Cambridge.[7][8]