P. Wilson
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P. Wilson | |
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| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office 25 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Kanimozhi, DMK |
| Constituency | Tamil Nadu |
| Additional Solicitor General of India | |
| In office 2012-2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 June 1966 |
| Political party | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Alma mater | Loyola College, Chennai, Madras Law College |
Puspanathan Wilson (born 6 June 1966) is a Senior Advocate in India, who served as the Additional Solicitor General of India between August 2012 and May 2014,[1] and the Additional Advocate General of the State of Tamil Nadu between August 2008 and May 2011.
He is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, representing Tamil Nadu for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).[2] He was the DMK lawyer in the case for securing burial space on Marina Beach for M Karunanidhi.[3][4]
Background and education
[edit]Wilson was born in Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu and completed his schooling at Asan Memorial Higher Secondary School. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Science from Loyola College, Chennai and completed his Bachelor of Laws from Madras Law College. He was enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu in 1989.
Early career
[edit]Wilson joined the law firm of Shri K.V. Venkatapathi, a former Advocate General of Tamil Nadu, after his enrollment. He set up his individual practice in the civil side before the Madras High Court. He was appointed as the Standing Counsel for the Corporation of Chennai in 1996 and the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation in 1998. He was also made Standing Counsel for the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation in 1998. In 2002 he was appointed as Additional Central Government Standing Counsel, serving in this post for about three years.
Wilson was appointed as the Senior Central Government Standing Counsel in the Madras High Court in 2005. He was subsequently appointed as the Special Government Pleader (Writs) by the Government of Tamil Nadu in June 2006.[5] Two months later, in August 2006, he was appointed as the Assistant Solicitor General at Madras High Court.[6]
In August 2008, the Government of Tamil Nadu appointed Wilson to the post of the Additional Advocate General of Tamil Nadu,[7] from which he resigned in May 2011 along with the other law officers in the State.[8]
Wilson was designated as a Senior Advocate by the Madras High Court in November 2009 at the age of 43. He has appeared in important Constitutional matters and other matters in the civil and commercial sides before the Madras High Court.
Additional Solicitor General of India
[edit]Wilson was appointed as the Additional Solicitor General (South India) in August 2012 by the Government of India, for the High Courts of Madras, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and their benches, the youngest person to ever occupy the position.[9] Wilson resigned as ASGI (South India) in May 2014 after the change in the Union Government.
Election to Rajya Sabha
[edit]Wilson was nominated to stand in the 2019 elections in Tamil Nadu for the Rajya Sabha (Upper House), for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Party, selected by party president M.K. Stalin.[10] He was elected unopposed on 11 September 2019,[11] and took his oath in the Rajya Sabha on 25 July 2019.
References
[edit]- ^ "Centre appoints two additional solicitors general for south India". TOI. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Vaiko, Anbumani elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu". The Economic Times. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Karunanidhi funeral in Marina beach: Madras high court directs TN TN govt to provide space on Marina Beach for DMK chief's burial". Sureshkumar & B Sivakumar. The Times of India. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "DMK's P Wilson inducted in RS privileges committee". The Times of India. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Tamil Nadu News : 11 special government pleaders appointed". The Hindu. 12 June 2006. Archived from the original on 16 June 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ "Tamil Nadu News : Assistant Solicitor-General". The Hindu. 12 August 2006. Archived from the original on 13 August 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ "Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : New Additional Advocate-General". The Hindu. 13 August 2008. Archived from the original on 16 August 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ "Govt advocates in HC resign". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ "Centre appoints two additional solicitors general for south India". The Times of India. 30 August 2012. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ Menon, Jaya (1 July 2019). "DMK announces party's trade union leader, senior advocate as nominees for Rajya Sabha, besides MDMK leader". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ Sivakumar, B. (11 July 2019). "Rajya Sabha elections: Vaiko, five others elected unopposed from Tamil Nadu". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 August 2019.