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Attorney General of India from "summary" of Indian Polity by M. Laxmikanth
The Attorney General of India is the highest legal officer of the Government of India. He is the chief legal advisor to the Government of India and holds office during the pleasure of the President. The Attorney General is appointed by the President and must be a person qualified to be appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court. The Attorney General has the right to speak and take part in the proceedings of either House of Parliament or their joint sitting and any committee of Parliament of which he is named a member, but is not entitled to vote. He performs such duties of a legal character as may be referred or assigned to him by the President. The Attorney General is not a full-time counsel for the Government. He is not debarred from private legal practice. His duties include giving advice to the Government of India upon such legal matters, and to perform such other duties of a legal character, as may be referred or assigned to him by the President. The Attorney General has the right of audience in all courts in the territory of India. He has the right to speak and take part in the proceedings of any committee of the Parliament of which he is a member, but he is not entitled to vote. The Attorney General holds office during the pleasure of the President. The Attorney General can be asked to be present at the meetings of the Union Cabinet to give his advice on legal matters. The Attorney General is an important functionary in the constitutional scheme of things. The office is a constitutional office, and the Attorney General discharges his functions independently.
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