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Senior Advocate of Punjab and Haryana High Court Vinod Ghai has become the new Advocate General of Punjab. After getting approval from the Governor’s office, the Punjab Government issued the notification. There was opposition to his appointment.
Opponents argued that he had been the lawyer of Dera Sacha Sauda Mukhi Ram Rahim, accused in the sacrilege case of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Therefore he should not be appointed to this post. However, the AAP government sidelined all these protests.
Notification issued by the government.
In many big cases, the Punjab government was thrashed
Senior Advocate Vinod Ghai was the counsel for the accused in many big cases against the Punjab Government. In which the sacrilege and Panchkula violence related to Dera Mukhi Ram Rahim, Aam Aadmi Party’s sacked Health Minister Dr. Vijay Singla, former DGP accused of sacrilege, former Congress minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu. Where he gave relief to the accused with his ability.
The post vacated by the resignation of Advocate Sidhu
As soon as the Aam Aadmi Party formed the government, Senior Advocate Anmol Ratan Sidhu was made Advocate General of Punjab. He resigned on 19 July, exactly four months after his appointment on 19 March. The discussion was that he wanted the appointment of his favorite law officers, but there was some obstacle from the government’s side. The government was successful in bringing gangster Lawrence to Punjab with the help of Advocate Sidhu.