• Highest and chief law officer of country.
• Art 76
• Appointed by President, term not fixed, no procedure for removal, holds office during pleasure of president.
• Qualified to be appointed as SC judge (HC judge for 5yrs or HC advocate for 10yrs or Eminent Jurist)
• Resignation to president, conventionally resigns when government resigns (CoM) as appointed on their advice.
• President’s legal employee, represent GoI in HC & SC.
• Right to audience in all courts of country, Right to speak in & take part in proceedings of both houses and joint sessions, any committee of parliament of which he is named as member.
• All privileges and immunity available to MP
• Not a full time counsel of gov, not barred from private service but cannot do anything without permission from GoI.

• Assisted by Solicitor and Addnl Solicitor General of India - Law officers of GoI, not mentioned in Art 76, only office of Attorney General is created by constitution.
• Art 88, 105

Advocate General of State

Advocate general does the same but on state level and is legal employee of governor.

Rest everything is same (appointment, removal, renumeration, resignation)

• Chief law officer of gov in state.
• Art 165
• To be appointed must be qualified to be appointed as HC judge (10yrs judicial office or 10yrs advocate of HC)