PATNA, June 18 -- Additional Solicitor General of India for the Supreme Court, Satya Darshi Sanjay, has been appointed the new Advocate General of Bihar. A cabinet notification to this effect was issued by Bihar's law department on Thursday. He took charge on Thursday itself.

"The Governor appoints senior advocate, Patna HC, SD Sanjay as the Advocate General from the date he assumed charge," says the notification issued by secretary to the government Balram Dube.

"I will now work for Bihar. It is the huge trust that chief minister Samrat Choudhary has shown in me that has brought me back to my soil from Delhi. It is an honour and a big responsibility," Sanjay said.

The post had fallen vacant after the resignation of PK Shahi on Sunday ...