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P. Wilson
Puspanathan Wilson (born 6 June 1966) is a Senior Advocate in India, who served as the Additional Solicitor General of India between August 2012 and May 2014,[1] and the Additional Advocate General of the State of Tamil Nadu between August 2008 and May 2011. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, representing Tamil Nadu for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).[2] He was the DMK lawyer in the case for securing burial space on Marina Beach for M Karunanidhi.[3][4] Background and education
Wilson was born in Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu and completed his schooling at Asan Memorial Higher Secondary School. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Science from Loyola College, Chennai and completed his Bachelor of Laws from Madras Law College. He was enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu in 1989. Early careerWilson joined the law firm of Shri K.V. Venkatapathi, a former Advocate General of Tamil Nadu, after his enrollment. He set up his individual practice in the civil side before the Madras High Court. He was appointed as the Standing Counsel for the Corporation of Chennai in 1996 and the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation in 1998. He was also made Standing Counsel for the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation in 1998. In 2002 he was appointed as Additional Central Government Standing Counsel, serving in this post for about three years. Wilson was appointed as the Senior Central Government Standing Counsel in the Madras High Court in 2005. He was subsequently appointed as the Special Government Pleader (Writs) by the Government of Tamil Nadu in June 2006.[5] Two months later, in August 2006, he was appointed as the Assistant Solicitor General at Madras High Court.[6] In August 2008, the Government of Tamil Nadu appointed Wilson to the post of the Additional Advocate General of Tamil Nadu,[7] from which he resigned in May 2011 along with the other law officers in the State.[8] Wilson was designated as a Senior Advocate by the Madras High Court in November 2009 at the age of 43. He has appeared in important Constitutional matters and other matters in the civil and commercial sides before the Madras High Court. Additional Solicitor General of IndiaWilson was appointed as the Additional Solicitor General (South India) in August 2012 by the Government of India, for the High Courts of Madras, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and their benches, the youngest person to ever occupy the position.[9] Wilson resigned as ASGI (South India) in May 2014 after the change in the Union Government. Election to Rajya SabhaWilson was nominated to stand in the 2019 elections in Tamil Nadu for the Rajya Sabha (Upper House), for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Party, selected by party president M.K. Stalin.[10] He was elected unopposed on 11 September 2019,[11] and took his oath in the Rajya Sabha on 25 July 2019. References
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