Overview
- The Bihar law department issued a cabinet notification and the governor appointed SD Sanjay to the post, and he took charge the same day.
- The vacancy arose after P K Shahi resigned and the law department formally accepted his resignation to clear the way for a successor.
- Sanjay is a senior advocate who has served as Additional Advocate General of Bihar and as an Additional Solicitor General of India and has led the BJP’s state legal cell.
- He also convenes Supreme Court committees on issues such as a SOP for missing children and a Stock Witness Committee, reflecting his national legal experience.
- Senior members of the legal community praised the appointment, and the move signals the new state government is consolidating its legal team to represent Bihar in high court and national litigation.