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The central government has appointed senior advocate R Venkataramani as the 15th Attorney General of India for a period of three years. Venkataramani will succeed 91-year-old K K Venugopal, whose term will end on September 30. The development comes days after senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi declined to return as India's Attorney General from October 1. "There is no particular reason but thought about the offer again and declined it," news agency ANI quoted Rohatgi as saying. The central government had offered the post of AGI to Rohatgi earlier this month to succeed Venugopal. Rohatgi was the AGI from June 2014 to June 2017. He was succeeded by Venugopal, who was appointed to the post in July 2017 and then re-appointed as the top law officer of the country for three months on June 29. Meet the new Attorney General of India: Venkataramani has over 4 decades of legal practice and has formerly served as member of the Law Commission of India. He joined the chambers of late Constitutional expert PP Rao in 1979 and was designated as senior advocate by Supreme Court in 1997. Later, he also served as special senior counsel for various Central government departments in Supreme Court, High Courts from 2004 to 2010. He also appeared as SC's counsel in matters pertaining to the service conditions of employees of the Court. Further, the newly-appointed AG has served as the court's receiver in Amrapali case and also appeared in recent Hijab row case in SC. The Attorney General is the India...

New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Union Minister of Law and Justice Senior advocate Addressing the event, "We are in the Amrit Kaal. PM Modi has said many times to do an introspection of 75 years. We have to become a developed country by 2047 with human development. We don't want a country with no focus on human capital. The world is looking towards India," he added. Attorney General Aggarwala, is a gold medalist, Ph. D. in Law. The designated advocate is a writer and social activist also. He had earlier served as Senior Additional Advocate General of the Government of Haryana Additional Advocate General of governments of the states of Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Punjab and Special Counsel and Senior Central Government Counsel in the Supreme Court of India. (ANI)

Do you know who is the highest law officer in India? Many of you might not have imagined the answer as there is very little noise about this law officer. Most of the time, we hear terms like Chief Justice of India, law minister, etc. The highest law officer in the country is the Attorney General of India. Let’s explore more about the appointment, rights, and duties of the Attorney General of India. Who Is The Current Attorney General Of India? Kottayan Katankot Venugopal is the current and 15th AG of India. He is an Indian constitutional lawyer and a senior advocate at the Supreme Court of India. He was appointed as the Attorney General of India on 1 July 2017. He is the founder of M K Nambyar SAARCLAW Centre For Advanced Legal Studies at the NALSAR Law University. He was born on 6 September 1931 in the South Canara district of Madras Presidency of British India (present-day Kerala, India) and grew up in Mangalore. He completed his B.Sc in Physics from the prestigious Madras Christian College, Chennai and law from Raja Lakhamgouda Law College, Belgaum. Who Appoints The Attorney General of India? Article 76 of the Constitution of India signifies that AG is the highest law officer in India. The country’s President appoints a person who is eligible for the post of Supreme Court judge. The President also takes the Government’s advice for the appointment of the Attorney General of India. The requirements for the appointment of AGI include • He/she should be an Indian citizen • ...