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Concern over unprecedented decline in school enrollment
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P. Wilson
P. Wilson is listed as Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu.
Party in the cited recordDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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- 19666 June 1966
early life Born
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Read the source ↗ - 19961996
public service Standing Counsel for the Corporation of Chennai, Madras High Court
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 19981998
public service Standing Counsel, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation , Madras High Court, Standing Counsel, Civil Supplies Corporation
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Read the source ↗ - 20022002
public service Additional Central Government Standing Counsel
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Read the source ↗ - 20052005
public service Senior Central Government Standing Counsel, Madras High Court
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Read the source ↗ - 20062006
public service Special Government Pleader (Writs), Government of Tamil Nadu
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 20082008
public service Additional Advocate General of Government of Tamil Nadu, Madras High Court
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 20092009
public service Designated Senior Advocate, Madras High Court
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Read the source ↗ - 20122012
public service Additional Solicitor General (South India) (High Courts of Madras and its Bench at Madurai, Andhra Pradesh (United), Kerala, Karnataka and its benches)
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Read the source ↗ - 2019July 2019
elections Elected to Rajya Sabha
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Read the source ↗ - 2019Sept. 2019 - June 2024 and Sept. 2024 - July 2025
public service Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
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Read the source ↗ - 2019Oct. 2019 - Nov. 2022 and Nov. 2024 - July 2025
public service Member, Committee of Privileges
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Read the source ↗ - 2019Oct. 2019 - March 2022
public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence
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Read the source ↗ - 2022March 2022 - June 2024
public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Women and Child Development
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Read the source ↗ - 2023Jan. 2023 - Oct. 2024
public service Member. Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
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Read the source ↗ - 2024Oct. 2024 - July 2025
public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Power
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Read the source ↗ - 2024Dec. 2024 - July 2025
public service Member, Joint Committee on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty–Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024
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Read the source ↗ - 2025Feb. 2025
public service Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairpersons, Rajya Sabha (renominated in March 2025 and July 2025)
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Read the source ↗ - 2025July 2025
elections Re-elected to Rajya Sabha(second term)
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Read the source ↗ - 2025Aug. - Sept. 2025
public service Member, Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
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Read the source ↗ - 2025Sept. 2025 onwards
public service Member, Committee on Energy
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Read the source ↗ - 2025Oct. 2025 onwards
public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Law and Justice
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Read the source ↗ - 2026Feb. 2026 onwards
public service Member, India-Czech Republic Parliamentary Friendship Group
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Read the source ↗ - 2026May 2026 onwards
public service Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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Read the source ↗ - 20262026-08-11
public work Latest dated reference in this collection
Parliamentary question: Central Public Sector Enterprises This marks the latest dated record available here, not necessarily the latest activity in public life.
Read the source ↗ - 2026Sept. 2026 onwards
public service Member, Joint Committee on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026
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Read the source ↗ - UndatedPeriod not supplied
public service Special Prosecutor, Central Bureau of Investigation
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Read the source ↗ - UndatedPeriod not supplied
public service Assistant Solicitor General of India, Madras High Court
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Early life & upbringing
The cited biography records P. Wilson’s date of birth as 6 June 1966. The birthplace is recorded as Chennai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Education & professional life
The educational qualifications recorded in the cited source are: B.Sc., B.L. Educated at Loyola College, Chennai and Madras Law College, Chennai,Tamil Nadu. The professional background is listed as Senior Advocate.
Public life: the documented service history
The earliest dated entry in the cited service history is 1996: Standing Counsel for the Corporation of Chennai, Madras High Court. A later recorded entry is Sept. 2026 onwards: Member, Joint Committee on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026. This identifies the earliest entry available in that source, rather than establishing the start of the entire political career. Historical and open-ended positions retain their source periods.
The person behind the office
- Education details in PRS
- B.Sc., B.L. Educated at Loyola College, Chennai and Madras Law College, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) Source ↗
- Education in the official biography
- B.Sc., B.L. Educated at Loyola College, Chennai and Madras Law College, Chennai,Tamil Nadu Source ↗
Personal background in the official biography
Interests, publications & public work
- Social & cultural work as reported
- Interested in writing articles which were published in journals and newspapers; Coordinator, "Neethi Karangal" a pro bono programme launched by Tamil Nadu Senior Advocates' Forum to help the poor litigants hailing from the depressed and oppressed class of the society with legal aid Source ↗
- Travel reported in biography
- U.K., Italy, Switzerland, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia Source ↗
- Other information in biography
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As an Advocate, appeared in thousands of cases; as a Law Officer for State and Central Government, handled several sensitive cases; appointed Addl. Advocate General of Tamil Nadu in 2008 and handled several important cases; as a Senior Advocate for the DMK party, appeared in a number of cases; as a Senior Advocate in many Public Interest Litigations, fought up to Supreme Court where landmark judgments were delivered; as Additional Solicitor General of South India, the youngest ASGI ever appointed in India, successfully defended the Government of India and the Government of Tamil Nadu in several sensitive cases; argued for several landmark cases including, (i) securing burial space on Marina Beach for the DMK President, Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi, (ii) defended the Government of Tamil Nadu's historic Samacheer Kalvi system of uniform education, (iii) defended the landmark legislation of the Tamil Nadu Government to fix uniform fees in all schools in the State, (iv) case pertaining to multi-crore Secretariat building at Omandurar which was proposed to be converted into multi-specialty hospital, (v) challenged the decision of the State Government to shift the Anna Centenary Library, (vi) the constitutional validity to the setting up of Special Cells and Special Courts to try a class of offences related to 'land grabbing', (vii) instrumental in getting direction against the Election Commission for webcasting of all the booths during the conduct of corporation elections in 2011, (viii) case challenging the appointment of eleven Public Service Commission Members, (ix) appeared and defended the National Highways Authority of India in several matters pertaining to large infrastructural projects, (x) cases before the High Court and Supreme Court which led to the holding of local body elections in December 2019, (xi) appeared in over a dozen election petitions challenging the election of many Members of Parliament and Members of the Legislative Elections, (xii) cases challenging the constitutional validity of three land Acquisition Laws in Tamil Nadu-Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Harijan Welfare Scheme Act of 1978, Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act of 1997 and Tamil Nadu Highways Act of 2001 and Act 1 of 2015, where the court struck down the three laws as unconstitutional; also appeared before the Supreme Court in the appeal against the judgment and (xiii) Writ Petition filed by the DMK party challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act in the Supreme Court, etc.
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Terms, responsibilities & positions
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- 1996
Standing Counsel for the Corporation of Chennai, Madras High Court
Source ↗ - 1998
Standing Counsel, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation , Madras High Court, Standing Counsel, Civil Supplies Corporation
Source ↗ - 2002
Additional Central Government Standing Counsel
Source ↗ - 2005
Senior Central Government Standing Counsel, Madras High Court
Source ↗ - Period not supplied
Special Prosecutor, Central Bureau of Investigation
Source ↗ - 2006
Special Government Pleader (Writs), Government of Tamil Nadu
Source ↗ - Period not supplied
Assistant Solicitor General of India, Madras High Court
Source ↗ - 2008
Additional Advocate General of Government of Tamil Nadu, Madras High Court
Source ↗ - 2009
Designated Senior Advocate, Madras High Court
Source ↗ - 2012
Additional Solicitor General (South India) (High Courts of Madras and its Bench at Madurai, Andhra Pradesh (United), Kerala, Karnataka and its benches)
Source ↗ - July 2019
Elected to Rajya Sabha
Source ↗ - Sept. 2019 - June 2024 and Sept. 2024 - July 2025
Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
Source ↗ - Oct. 2019 - Nov. 2022 and Nov. 2024 - July 2025
Member, Committee of Privileges
Source ↗ - Oct. 2019 - March 2022
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence
Source ↗ - March 2022 - June 2024
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Women and Child Development
Source ↗ - Jan. 2023 - Oct. 2024
Member. Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
Source ↗ - Oct. 2024 - July 2025
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Power
Source ↗ - Dec. 2024 - July 2025
Member, Joint Committee on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty–Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024
Source ↗ - Feb. 2025
Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairpersons, Rajya Sabha (renominated in March 2025 and July 2025)
Source ↗ - July 2025
Re-elected to Rajya Sabha(second term)
Source ↗ - Aug. - Sept. 2025
Member, Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
Source ↗ - Sept. 2025 onwards
Member, Committee on Energy
Source ↗ - Oct. 2025 onwards
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Law and Justice
Source ↗ - Feb. 2026 onwards
Member, India-Czech Republic Parliamentary Friendship Group
Source ↗ - May 2026 onwards
Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Source ↗ - Sept. 2026 onwards
Member, Joint Committee on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026
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| Year | Questions | Proceedings |
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| 2020 | 25 | 0 |
| 2021 | 90 | 0 |
| 2022 | 111 | 0 |
| 2023 | 86 | 0 |
| 2024 | 62 | 0 |
| 2025 | 38 | 60 |
| 2026 | 50 | 0 |
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GOVERNMENT BILLS I. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and II. The Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, 2025
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Need to sensitize the youth of country
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Need to promote Indian art, literature and cinema in order to nurture creative expressions
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Delay in disbursement of pensionary benefits to Government employees
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Demand to include languages spoken by Tribal Communities in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution
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Concern over the increasing pollution in the major rivers of the country
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Central Public Sector Enterprises
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Surplus Rice stocks with the Food Corporation of India
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Exemption to certain China-linked power equipment manufacturers
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Mekadatu project
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Promotion of football
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National Highway projects in Tamil Nadu
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- 10, Railway Colony, 4th Street, off Nelson Manickam Road, Chennai. 600029 Source ↗
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B.Sc., B.L. Educated at Loyola College, Chennai and Madras Law College, Chennai,Tamil Nadu.
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1996: Standing Counsel for the Corporation of Chennai, Madras High Court. This is the earliest dated entry in the cited record, not necessarily the first public role.
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Who is P. Wilson?
P. Wilson is listed as Rajya Sabha MP for Tamil Nadu.
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