Sl No. Attorney General Term Incumbent Prime Minister
1 M. C. Setalvad 28.01.1950 – 01.03.1963 Jawaharlal Nehru
2 C.K.Daphtary 02.03.1963 – 30.10.1968 Jawaharlal Nehru; Lal Bahadur Shastri
3 Niren De 01.11.1968 – 31.03.1977 Indira Gandhi
4 S.V. Gupte 01.04.1977 – 08.08.1979 Morarji Desai
5 L.N. Sinha 09.08.1979 – 08.08.1983 Indira Gandhi
       
6 K. Parasaran 09.08.1983 – 08.12.1989 Indira Gandhi; Rajiv Gandhi
7 Soli Sorabjee 09.12.1989 – 02.12.1990 V. P. Singh; Chandra Shekhar
8 G. Ramaswamy 03.12.1990 – 23.11.1992 Chandra Shekhar; P. V. Narasimha Rao
9 Milon K. Banerji 21.11.1992 – 08.07.1996 P. V. Narasimha Rao
10 Ashok Desai 09.07.1996 – 06.04.1998 H. D. Devegowda; Inder Kumar Gujral
11 Soli Sorabjee 07.04.1998 – 04.06.2004 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
12 Milon K. Banerji 05.06.2004 – 07.06.2009 Manmohan Singh
13 Goolam Essaji Vahanvati 08.06.2009 – incumbent Manmohan Singh