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'''Ranjit Kumar''' is a [[senior counsel|senior advocate]] practising in [[Supreme Court of India]] and the former [[Solicitor General of India]].<ref name="Hindu - appointment SG">{{cite news|title=Ranjit Kumar was Solicitor General|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/ranjit-kumar-is-solicitor-general/article6063907.ece|accessdate=30 May 2014|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=30 May 2014}}</ref> He was appointed in 2014 by the incumbent government of [[Narendra Modi]], succeeding Mohan Parasaran.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Modi-govt-chooses-Mukul-Rohatgi-as-attorney-general-Ranjit-Kumar-as-solicitor-general/articleshow/35700757.cms "Modi govt chooses Mukul Rohatgi as attorney general, Ranjit Kumar as solicitor general", ''Times of India'', 29 May 2014]. Accessed 30 May 2014</ref> The notification for his appointment as Solicitor General of India was issued by the Law Ministry on 7 June 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranjit Kumar appointed as Solicitor General|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/ranjit-kumar-is-new-solicitor-general/|accessdate=8 June 2014}}</ref> Ranjit Kumar resigned from his post on 20 October 2017 citing a personal family-related reason.<br />
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In 2012, Kumar and two other senior advocates were threatened with expulsion from the Supreme Court Bar Association.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-stays-expulsion-of-three-senior-advocates/article2814881.ece "Supreme Court stays expulsion of three senior advocates", ''The Hindu'', 20 January 2012]. Accessed 30 May 2014</ref><br />
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