Ranjit Kumar

{{Short description|Indian lawyer}}

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Ranjit Kumar is a senior advocate practising in Supreme Court of India and the former Solicitor General of India.{{cite news|title=Ranjit Kumar was Solicitor General|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/ranjit-kumar-is-solicitor-general/article6063907.ece|accessdate=30 May 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=30 May 2014}} He was appointed in 2014 by the incumbent government of Narendra Modi, succeeding Mohan Parasaran.[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Modi-govt-chooses-Mukul-Rohatgi-as-attorney-general-Ranjit-Kumar-as-solicitor-general/articleshow/35700757.cms "Modi govt chooses Mukul Rohatgi as attorney general, Ranjit Kumar as solicitor general", Times of India, 29 May 2014]. Accessed 30 May 2014 The notification for his appointment as Solicitor General of India was issued by the Law Ministry on 7 June 2014.{{cite web|title=Ranjit Kumar appointed as Solicitor General|date=8 June 2014 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/ranjit-kumar-is-new-solicitor-general/|accessdate=8 June 2014}} Ranjit Kumar resigned from his post on 20 October 2017 citing a personal family-related reason.

In 2012, Kumar and two other senior advocates were threatened with expulsion from the Supreme Court Bar Association.[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-stays-expulsion-of-three-senior-advocates/article2814881.ece "Supreme Court stays expulsion of three senior advocates", The Hindu, 20 January 2012]. Accessed 30 May 2014