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The government has extended the tenure of Attorney General K.K. Venugopal by a year. Mr. Venugopal will continue as the government’s top law officer till June 30, 2022. This is the second time the Centre has extended his tenure. Mr. Venugopal, who was appointed Attorney General in July 2017, received his first extension of term in 2020. The 89-year-old took over as the 15th Attorney General after senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi demitted office citing personal reasons. Mr. Venugopal, who had served as Additional Solicitor General in the Morarji Desai government, is a doyen of the Supreme Court Bar and an authority in Constitutional Law. He had recently represented the Union of India in a case which led to the cancellation of Class 12 exams due to the pandemic and the framing of an internal assessment scheme for the CBSE and the ICSE to evaluate the marks of students. Mr. Venugopal would be at the helm of the government’s legal defence in several sensitive cases pending in the Supreme Court, which includes the challenge to the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution and the Citizenship Amendment Act.

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The Union government on Wednesday extended the tenure of Attorney General KK Venugopal by three months. The notification issued by the Union law ministry stated that Venugopal will continue to hold the post of country’s top law officer for three months from July 1 or until further orders, whichever is earlier. KK Venugopal, 91, was initially appointed as Attorney General on July 1, 2017. HT had first reported on Monday that Venugopal is likely to continue as the Attorney General with the Centre’s willingness to grant him the extension for the third time. Venugopal, 91, was initially appointed as Attorney General on July 1, 2017. The 15th person to serve as Attorney General for India, he had succeeded Mukul Rohatgi, who was the Attorney General from June 2014 to June 2017. While the last two extensions for Venugopal were for a one-year term, the latest extension is only for three months, indicating the government may have to scout for a new Attorney General soon. The Attorney General is the central government’s top law officer and chief legal advisor who represents the Government of India in crucial cases before the Supreme Court. Venugopal is a doyen at the Bar and an internationally known jurist who has appeared in many landmark cases in the Supreme Court and different high courts. He held the office of the additional solicitor general of India during the Morarji Desai government in 1977. He became the oldest person to become the Attorney General when he accepted the posi...

K K Venugopal, Supreme Court of India’s senior advocate, is now India’s 15th attorney general. Outgoing AG, Mukul Rohatgi, today passed the baton to Venugopal. Earlier, a lot of famous names came to the fore, for the post of India’s top law officer, but speculations were rife over names like current solicitor general Ranjit Kumar and former solicitor general Harish Salve. However, K K Venugopal had himself called the speculation that he could very well be the next one as premature. The Attorney General for India is the Indian government’s chief legal advisor and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of India. An Attorney General is appointed by the President of India under Article 76(1) of the Constitution and holds office during the pleasure of the President. Meanwhile, 86-year-old Venugopal, hailing from Kerala’s Kasargode district started his legal career in Mysore, in 1954, before practising at the Madras High Court under his father, late barrister M K Nambiar and brings over five decades of legal experience with him. According to a report in CNN News 18, President Pranab Mukherjee made the appointment today. Born into a Nair-caste family hailing from Kerala state, Venugopal grew up in Mangalore, Karnataka.Venugopal studied law in Raja Lakhamgouda Law College, Belgaum, Karnataka. His father, M.K. Nambiar, was a barrister. Venugopal studied at St. Aloysius College in Mangalore. He shifted to Delhi when he was appointed additional solicitor general after the Emergency ...

• • • KK Venugopal, 91, may be reappointed Attorney General with fresh term KK Venugopal, 91, may be reappointed Attorney General with fresh term The Attorney General for India, a constitutional post, is the top legal officer of the country. Venugopal took over as the 15th Attorney General for India on July 1, 2017, succeeding senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi who was A-G from 2014-2017. The central government is likely to reappoint Senior Advocate K K Venugopal as Attorney General for India for a period of one more year with effect from July 1. The Attorney General for India, a constitutional post, is the top legal officer of the country. Venugopal took over as the 15th Attorney General for India on July 1, 2017, succeeding senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi who was A-G from 2014-2017. 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 advancing age. However, the central government requested him to continue holding the top office for another term and Venugopal agreed but restricted extending his term by a year.

Attorney General K.K. Venugopal is all set to get a one-year extension, government sources said on Friday. Mr. Venugopal’s three-year tenure comes to an end on June 30. Sources claimed that when the government wrote to Mr. Venugopal on extending his tenure, he agreed to a one-year extension owing to his advanced age. Mr. Venugopal, 89, was appointed in June 2017 after the former AG Mukul Rohatgi resigned citing personal reasons. Mr. Venugopal was appointed the 15th Attorney General of India and continued in the post after the Narendra Modi government won a second term in 2019. He is an authority in constitutional law and was Additional Solicitor General in the Morarji Desai government.