The Siddaramaiah Cabinet on Saturday chose 47-year-old Senior Advocate K. Shashi Kiran Shetty as the new Advocate-General.
Mr. Shetty is the younger son of P. Vishwanath Shetty, a former judge of the High Court of Karnataka and a former Lokayukta.
Born on September 13, 1975, Mr. Shetty secured his law degree from National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, in 1998.