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- ↑ "LIST OF LAW OFFICERS". Ministry of Law and Justice. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ↑ "List of Law Officers of Government of India". Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ↑ "Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi is new Attorney General". Zee News. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ↑ Singh, Gyanant. "Meet India's supermen in black: When people like Robert Vadra get into trouble, only a handful of lawyers are called to bail them out". India Today. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "On His Majesty's Legal Service? | Outlook India Magazine".
- ↑ "List of designated Senior Advocates, Delhi High Court" (PDF). Delhi High Court. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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