Senior Advocate R Venkataramani has been appointed Attorney General for India (AG). .Venkataramani will take over from incumbent AG KK Venugopal whose tenure will expire on September 30.The appointment is for a period of three years.A notification to that effect was published by the Ministry of Law and Justice. Venkataramani was born in Pondicherry on April 13, 1950.He enrolled as a lawyer in July 1977 with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and shifted his practice to the Supreme Court in the year 1979. He was designated Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court in the year 1997.Venkataramani has served as a member of the Law Commission of India in 2010 and 2013. He has represented Central government, several State governments, universities and public sector undertakings before the Supreme Court and High Courts.It was earlier reported that Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi would take over as the AG.However, Rohatgi had later withdrawn his consent for appointment.
Senior Advocate R Venkataramani has been appointed Attorney General for India (AG). .Venkataramani will take over from incumbent AG KK Venugopal whose tenure will expire on September 30.The appointment is for a period of three years.A notification to that effect was published by the Ministry of Law and Justice. Venkataramani was born in Pondicherry on April 13, 1950.He enrolled as a lawyer in July 1977 with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and shifted his practice to the Supreme Court in the year 1979. He was designated Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court in the year 1997.Venkataramani has served as a member of the Law Commission of India in 2010 and 2013. He has represented Central government, several State governments, universities and public sector undertakings before the Supreme Court and High Courts.It was earlier reported that Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi would take over as the AG.However, Rohatgi had later withdrawn his consent for appointment.
