KM Nataraj from Puttur appointed as SC Additional Solicitor General
Bengaluru, Jan 15: Senior Karnataka Advocate K.M Nataraj was appointed as the Additional Solicitor General of the Supreme Court on Monday.
Union Ministry of Law and Parliamentary Affairs issued an order on Monday and said the order would come into force with immediate effect. With this appointment, Karnataka has got the post after 28 years.
Earlier, former Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde had worked as the Additional Solicitor General of the Supreme Court between 1989 and 1990. Currently, Nataraj was working as the Additional Solicitor General of South Zone and now, the central government has appointed him as the Supreme Court Additional Solicitor General.
He was appointed as the South Zone Additional Solicitor General on April 8, 2015.
Hailed from Ishwaramangala in Puttur taluk in Dakshina Kannada district, Nataraj has done his graduation from the SDM Law College and started his profession as an advocate under former Advocate General B.V Acharya in 1992.
Later, he started his profession independently in 1995. He has served as the Additional Advocate General of state government from 2009 to 2013. In 2012, he was appointed as the High Court senior advocate.
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Lebanon appoints new representative for talks with Israel, rejects linkage to Iran
Beirut: Lebanon’s has moved to underline its independent position in ongoing regional developments, amid attempts to link the country to the broader conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel.
President Joseph Aoun, while announcing the appointment of former US ambassador Simon Karam as Lebanon’s representative in talks with Israel, made it clear that Karam would be the sole representative for Lebanon and that there would be no substitute.
The move comes in response to what the Lebanese officials see as efforts by Iran to tie Lebanon’s situation to the wider regional conflict. Iran had indicated that there would be no ceasefire involving the US, Israel and Iran unless it also included a ceasefire in Lebanon.
Some groups, including Hezbollah and its supporters, had expressed support for linking the situations, citing concerns that the Lebanese government has limited leverage in negotiations with Israel. Lebanon is not formally a party to the conflict, and its army is considered weak.
However, others, including Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, have opposed this approach. They view Iran’s stance as an attempt to influence Lebanon’s internal affairs and see it as undermining the country’s sovereignty.
Officials backing the government’s position say the move is aimed at reaffirming Lebanon’s sovereignty and ensuring that decisions about peace and ceasefire within the country are not dictated externally.
They also see it as a safeguard, so that any breakdown in talks between the US, Israel and Iran does not automatically lead to renewed conflict in Lebanon.
