Senior Advocate Basava Prabhu S Patil Appointed Advocate General of Sikkim
Supreme Court’s accomplished lawyer, Senior Advocate Basava Prabhu S Patil, has been designated as the Advocate General of Sikkim. The official notification from the Law and Parliamentary Affairs Department of the Sikkim Government was released on Monday.
An alumnus of University Law College, Bengaluru, Patil joined the Karnataka State Bar Council as an advocate in 1991. Notably, he attained the position of Senior Advocate from the Karnataka High Court at just 39 years old in 2008. Currently practicing before the Supreme Court, he also represents cases in various High Courts, tribunals, and domestic as well as international arbitrations.
Patil has an extensive record of representing Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh States, India’s Law Minister, Chief Ministers, and major conglomerates such as Tata, Reliance, and GMR. Moreover, he serves on the Supreme Court Board of Examiners for the advocate-on-record exam.”
