DS Patwalia appointed new advocate general of Punjab

Patwalia is close to Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and appeared for former IPS officer Mohammad Mustafa in the DGP appointment case

Senior advocate Deepinder Singh Patwalia was on Thursday appointed the new advocate general (AG) of Punjab in place of Atul Nanda, who resigned after Captain Amarinder Singh quit as chief minister last week.

DS Patwalia was named the new advocate general of Punjab on Thursday. He replaces Atul Nanda, who resigned after Capt Amarinder Singh quit as chief minister last week. Patwalia is close to Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. (HT file photo)

Patwalia is the son of former Supreme Court judge Kuldeep Singh and retired educationist Gurminder K Singh. He is the younger brother of Supreme Court advocate PS Patwalia, who resigned as a Punjab and Haryana high court judge in 2006 to practise in the apex court.

Patwalia is considered close to Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and had appeared for former Indian Police Service officer Mohammad Mustafa when he challenged the appointment of Dinkar Gupta as the state police chief after superseding him.

A known service matters lawyer, DS Patwalia has handled cases for various departments and independent bodies in Punjab and the Centre and some major private players.

An alumnus of St John’s High School, Chandigarh, Patwalia completed his LLB from the Department of Laws at Panjab University in 1998. He was designated as a senior advocate by the Punjab and Haryana high court in 2014.