Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari has been appointed as the Additional Advocate General for the State of Tamil Nadu. Mr. Tiwari did his LL.B. and LL.M. from Delhi University and has been practising in Supreme Court since 2001. He was junior to Late Mr A Sharan, former ASG. Mr. Tiwari has appeared in various cases of constitutional importance, such as the 2002 Presidential Reference relating to Gujarat elections, M.Nagaraj case where he defended reservation in promotion and recent Maratha Reservation matter. He had the distinction of representing the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India before the Central Information Commission during 2008-2010. He worked as Counsel for UoI from 2004-2009 and as the Deputy Advocate General for Uttarakhand from 2016-2018. Mr. Tiwari is Special Counsel for CBI and has appeared in various sensitive cases of Coal Scam. He has been representing DMK and its leaders in important cases, especially those pertaining to Constitutional and Election Law, including antidefection law. Recently, he successfully argued against breach of privilege notices issued to Thiru. M.K. Stalin and 20 DMK MLAs before the High Court of Madras. He is also actively involved in advocates’ welfare issues and has been an elected Bar representative in SC from 2014-2016.
