Maharashtra Advocate General

The Bombay High Court today pulled up the Maharashtra government over the delay in appointment of a new Advocate General and sought an explanation, observing many constitutional and statutory functions of the state were suffering for the past eight months.

The supporters of separate Vidarbha led by its strong protagonist, former Maharashtra Advocate General Shreehari Aney, today hoisted a 'Vidarbha flag' and said they would intensify their movement for statehood to the region.

Congress lawmaker Nitesh Rane on Sunday cut a cake with the image of former Maharashtra Advocate General Shrihari Aney, in a symbolic gesture to oppose those favouring division of the state.

Former Maharashtra Advocate General Srihari Aney, who quit the post recently over his remarks supporting separate statehood for Marathwada, has courted a fresh controversy after photographs emerged of him cutting into four pieces a birthday cake featuring a map of the state.

Intensifying the separate Vidarbha demand, former Maharashtra Advocate General Shreehari Aney and ex-lawamker Datta Meghe have decided to set up a co-ordination committee involving major outfits, spearheading the movement.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said making Shreehari Aney Maharashtra's Advocate General (AG) was like appointing alleged Pakistani terrorist Hafeez Sayeed as High Commissioner (HC) of that country to India.

Maharashtra top legal officer Shreehari Aney submitted his resignation on Tuesday morning to Governor Vidyasagar Rao.

Maharashtra's top legal officer Shreehari Aney, who resigned on Tuesday after a furore in the state assembly over his controversial speech where he advocated separate statehood for Maharashtra's backward region of Marathwada, told NDTV he had no regrets as he spoke in the interest of the state.

Maharashtra Advocate General Shreehari Aney today resigned amid a row over his remarks about a separate Marathwada state.

The Maharashtra government has appointed a panel of two top lawyers in the country to prosecute the sole surviving 26/11 terror attack convict, Ajmal Aamir Kasab, in the Supreme Court hearing. Fixing the fee for Senior Advocate Gopal Subramaniam, a former solicitor general of the country, at Re 1, it has decided to pay several lakhs to advocate Ujj...

The Bombay High Court today pulled up the Maharashtra government over the delay in appointment of a new Advocate General and sought an explanation, observing many constitutional and statutory functions of the state were suffering for the past eight months.

The supporters of separate Vidarbha led by its strong protagonist, former Maharashtra Advocate General Shreehari Aney, today hoisted a 'Vidarbha flag' and said they would intensify their movement for statehood to the region.

Congress lawmaker Nitesh Rane on Sunday cut a cake with the image of former Maharashtra Advocate General Shrihari Aney, in a symbolic gesture to oppose those favouring division of the state.

Former Maharashtra Advocate General Srihari Aney, who quit the post recently over his remarks supporting separate statehood for Marathwada, has courted a fresh controversy after photographs emerged of him cutting into four pieces a birthday cake featuring a map of the state.

Intensifying the separate Vidarbha demand, former Maharashtra Advocate General Shreehari Aney and ex-lawamker Datta Meghe have decided to set up a co-ordination committee involving major outfits, spearheading the movement.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said making Shreehari Aney Maharashtra's Advocate General (AG) was like appointing alleged Pakistani terrorist Hafeez Sayeed as High Commissioner (HC) of that country to India.

Maharashtra top legal officer Shreehari Aney submitted his resignation on Tuesday morning to Governor Vidyasagar Rao.

Maharashtra's top legal officer Shreehari Aney, who resigned on Tuesday after a furore in the state assembly over his controversial speech where he advocated separate statehood for Maharashtra's backward region of Marathwada, told NDTV he had no regrets as he spoke in the interest of the state.

Maharashtra Advocate General Shreehari Aney today resigned amid a row over his remarks about a separate Marathwada state.

The Maharashtra government has appointed a panel of two top lawyers in the country to prosecute the sole surviving 26/11 terror attack convict, Ajmal Aamir Kasab, in the Supreme Court hearing. Fixing the fee for Senior Advocate Gopal Subramaniam, a former solicitor general of the country, at Re 1, it has decided to pay several lakhs to advocate Ujj...