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How Attorney General remains central to the functioning of the Indian Republic
November 05, 2025 9:12 am
The Constitution places the AGI in a unique position that enables interaction with all three organs of the state - Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary. But what kind of challenges does the First Law Officer face in acting not just as the government’s lawyer, but also as the keeper of the Constitutional conscience and the chief defender of the rule of law?
Govt adds 2 more years to Attorney General’s tenure
September 28, 2025 3:47 am
A September 26 notification by the Ministry of Law and Justice said that the President is pleased to re-appoint Venkataramani as AG for a further period of two years, with effect from October 1, 2026.
UPSC Essentials : Daily subject-wise quiz | Polity and Governance MCQs on Article 19, tenure of Manmohan Singh as PM and more (Week 91)
January 03, 2025 1:52 pm
Are you preparing for UPSC CSE Prelims 2025? Check your progress and revise your topics through this quiz on Polity and Governance.
AG calls disability pension cases a 'racket', AFT objects
October 17, 2023 8:25 pm
The case in which the said comments were made was filed before the SC by the Bar association regarding the sudden transfer of the judicial member-cum-head of department of the Chandigarh Bench of the AFT to Kolkata.
Who is R Venkataramani, the new Attorney General for India?
September 28, 2022 10:26 pm
Venkatramani is a lawyer with an experience of 42 years of practice in the Supreme Court.
Senior advocate R Venkataramani is new Attorney General for India
September 29, 2022 1:51 am
Venkataramani will succeed K K Venugopal, whose term as the Attorney General for India ends on September 30
UPSC Essentials: One word a day – A-G, the constitutional post
October 05, 2022 4:28 pm
Who is an AG? This constitutional office which is back in news is not only relevant for Prelims but Mains too. Let us also ponder on the question if the AG is just another lawyer defending the government before the judiciary or is the institution more than that? Don't miss the MCQ and Post Read Q&A.
Mukul Rohatgi declines Attorney General's post: ‘No specific reason’
September 26, 2022 7:04 am
With the current incumbent K K Venugopal’s tenure set to expire on September 30, Rohatgi, if appointed, would have been the 16th AG, his second time in the high office. He was AG from June 2014 to June 2017, before Venugopal took over.
Mukul Rohatgi set to return as next Attorney General
September 13, 2022 11:57 pm
Venugopal, who is on his third extension, had indicated to the government that he did not want to remain in office after September 30 when the term comes to an end, the sources said.
US election: Attorney general authorizes vote fraud investigation
November 10, 2020 3:06 pm
In a letter to US attorneys, US Attorney General William Barr authorized them to pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities prior to the certification of elections in their jurisdictions in certain cases.
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