Overview
- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved Mehta’s reappointment in an order conveyed by the DoPT on June 20, with the new three-year term taking effect from July 1, 2026 or until further orders.
- Five Additional Solicitors General for the Supreme Court were given three-year extensions: Vikramjit Banerjee and K. M. Nataraj from July 1, 2026, and S. V. Raju, N. Venkataraman and Aishwarya Bhati from June 30, 2026.
- Chetan Sharma received a separate six-month reappointment as Additional Solicitor General for the Delhi High Court starting July 1, 2026, under the same ACC order.
- Mehta first became Solicitor General in October 2018 and, with this renewal, is set to serve roughly 11 years in the post, marking an unusually long tenure among recent senior law officers.
- The decisions reflect the centralized ACC/DoPT appointment process and are meant to preserve continuity in the government’s legal representation before the Supreme Court as several high-profile constitutional and policy cases move forward.