Tamil Nadu Advocate-General A. L. Somyaji has resigned. He tendered his resignation with immediate effect on Friday.
Shortly after Mr. Somayaji's resignation, the government appointed senior advocate R. Muthukumaraswamy as the Advocate-General of Tamil Nadu.
Mr. Somyaji was appointed to the post on March 7, 2013. He has over 35 years of experience at the Bar, and was designated as a senior counsel by the Madras High Court in 1994. He had served as an Additional Advocate General of the State Government between 2001 and 2006.