Senior advocate R Venkataramani is new Attorney General for India

माननीय राष्ट्रपति, श्री आर. वेंकटरमणी, वरिष्ठ अधिवक्ता को दिनांक 1 अक्टूबर, 2022 से भारत के महान्यायवादी के पद पर नियुक्त करती हैं।

Honorable President is pleased to appoint Shri R. Venkataramani, Senior Advocate as Attorney General for India w.e.f. 1st October 2022. pic.twitter.com/MnChp8TRGv

— Office of Kiren Rijiju (@RijijuOffice) September 28, 2022

In 2010, he was appointed member of the Law Commission, and reappointed for a further term in 2013. Venkataramani practised in various branches of law, including constitutional, indirect taxes, human rights, civil and criminal, consumer, and service law.

He has represented the Central government, different state governments, universities and public sector undertakings before the Supreme Court and high courts in key cases.

Outgoing Attorney General K K Venugopal had succeeded Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi as the 15th AG in July 2017 for three years. When his three-year tenure came to an end in 2020, 91-year-old Venugopal had requested that he be relieved of his post citing his age. However, the Central government requested him to continue and kept extending his tenure. On his third extension, he told the government that he didn’t want to continue after September 30.