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	In 2005, when the [[United Progressive Alliance\|UPA]] government was planning a possible coalition with [[Mayawati]], his opinion absolving [[Mayawati]] in the [[Taj corridor case]] was ignored by the Supreme Court<ref>http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/aug/26flip.htm</ref> In a direct condemnation of the government which asked the CBI to heed attorney general Milon Banerjee's opinion and close the case against Mayawati, the Supreme Court told the agency not to go solely on the AG's opinion and place all evidence before it.<ref>http://www.asiantribune.com/oldsite/show_news.php?id=13395</ref>		In 2005, when the [[United Progressive Alliance\|UPA]] government was planning a possible coalition with [[Mayawati]], his opinion absolving [[Mayawati]] in the [[Taj corridor case]] was ignored by the Supreme Court<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/aug/26flip.htm\|title = The govt's found a new foe in the Supreme Court}}</ref> In a direct condemnation of the government which asked the CBI to heed attorney general Milon Banerjee's opinion and close the case against Mayawati, the Supreme Court told the agency not to go solely on the AG's opinion and place all evidence before it.<ref>http://www.asiantribune.com/oldsite/show_news.php?id=13395</ref>

	In 2009, his opinion absolving [[Ottavio Quattrocchi]] in the [[Bofors scandal]] has also been viewed as "devaluing and eroding the Attorney General's position". A person of the stature of Milon Banerjee, himself a product of Cambridge University and the son of the first lady Magistrate of India Mrs. Probha Banerjee and of the Vice Chancellor of Allahabad University ~~Mr. G~~. C. Banerjee, is the least expected to go to that extreme. He went by the merits of the case, and had no relationship as such with Quattrocchi.<ref name="hindu. com">{{cite news\| url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/30/stories/2009043060551000.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504062106/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/30/stories/2009043060551000.htm \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=4 May 2009 \| location=Chennai, India \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| title=Milon Banerjee has devalued his position: BJP \| date=30 April 2009 }}</ref>		In 2009, his opinion absolving [[Ottavio Quattrocchi]] in the [[Bofors scandal]] has also been viewed as "devaluing and eroding the Attorney General's position". A person of the stature of Milon Banerjee, himself a product of Cambridge University and the son of the first lady Magistrate of India Mrs. Probha Banerjee and of the Vice Chancellor of Allahabad University [[Amiya Charan Banerjee\|A. C. Banerjee]], is the least expected to go to that extreme. He went by the merits of the case, and had no relationship as such with Quattrocchi.<ref name="hindu. com">{{cite news\| url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/30/stories/2009043060551000.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504062106/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/30/stories/2009043060551000.htm \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=4 May 2009 \| location=Chennai, India \| work=[[The Hindu]] \| title=Milon Banerjee has devalued his position: BJP \| date=30 April 2009 }}</ref>

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Milon K. Banerji
| office = [[Attorney General of India]]
| termstart = 1992
| termend = 1996
| death_date = 20 July 2010
| birth_date = 1928
| parents = [[Amiya Charan Banerjee]]
}}

'''Milon Kumar Banerji''' (c. 1928 – 20 July 2010) was an Indian [[jurist]] who was [[Attorney General of India]] from 1992 to 1996 and again from 2004 to 2009. He was also [[Solicitor General of India|Solicitor General]] from 1986 to 1989. He died on 20 July 2010 after a long illness, having suffered a [[stroke]] in December 2009. He was 82.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110811085628/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-20/india/28278927_1_padma-awards-senior-advocate-llb-degree Former Attorney General Milon K Banerji passes away]</ref>

==Controversies and allegations==
In 2005, when the [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]] government was planning a possible coalition with [[Mayawati]], his opinion absolving [[Mayawati]] in the [[Taj corridor case]] was ignored by the Supreme Court<ref>http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/aug/26flip.htm</ref> In a direct condemnation of the government which asked the CBI to heed attorney general Milon Banerjee's opinion and close the case against Mayawati, the Supreme Court told the agency not to go solely on the AG's opinion and place all evidence before it.<ref>http://www.asiantribune.com/oldsite/show_news.php?id=13395</ref>

In 2009, his opinion absolving [[Ottavio Quattrocchi]] in the [[Bofors scandal]] has also been viewed as "devaluing and eroding the Attorney General's position". A person of the stature of Milon Banerjee, himself a product of Cambridge University and the son of the first lady Magistrate of India Mrs. Probha Banerjee and of the Vice Chancellor of Allahabad University Mr. G. C. Banerjee, is the least expected to go to that extreme. He went by the merits of the case, and had no relationship as such with Quattrocchi.<ref name="hindu. com">{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/30/stories/2009043060551000.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504062106/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/30/stories/2009043060551000.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 May 2009 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Milon Banerjee has devalued his position: BJP | date=30 April 2009 }}</ref>

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