Surya Mishra to be new AG of Odisha

Senior advocate of Orissa High Court Surya Prasad Mishra would be the new Advocate General (AG) of the state.
The appointment of Mishra as the top law officer of the state was approved today by Governor S C Jamir after the government chose the 60-year-old lawyer, currently officiating as the president of Orissa High Court Bar Association.
The Constitutional post in the state was lying vacant ever since the former AG Asok Mohanty relinquished the post on September 12. He was arrested by the CBI in the chitfund scam a day after Mohanty's resignation was accepted by the state government.

For over a month, Odisha remained without its top legal advisor and adjudication of certain cases in the High Court also suffered without the AG.
Born in Banapur of Khurda district in December 1953, Mishra obtained his law degree from M S Law College here and began practicing in Orissa High Court. In the year 2005, Mishra was designated as the senior advocate of the High Court. In April this year he was elected as the President of Orissa High Court Bar Association in a three-corner contest.