Venkataramani attorney general

Senior Advocate R Venkataramani has been appointed as the new Attorney General for India (AG). Venkataramani will succeed AG KK Venugopal whose tenure will expire on September 30. The new AG is chosen after Lawyer Mukul Rohatgi refused to be the next Attorney General of India, after giving the second thought. Who is the next Attorney General of India R Venkataramani? Born in Pondicherry on April 13, 1950, Senior Advocate R Venkataramani got enrolled in the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu in the year 1977 and later shifted to Supreme Court practice in 1979. Designated as Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court of India, Venkataramani in 34 years of his tenure has practiced in various branches, prominently constitutional law, the law of indirect taxes, human rights law, criminal law, consumer law as well as the law relating to services. Govt appoints R Venkataramani as new attorney general of India — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) He has represented the Centre, several state governments, public sector undertakings, and universities before the supreme court and high courts on many counts. Being a member of the South Asian Task Force on judiciary consisting of Members of SAARC Nations to submit reports on the conditions of the Judiciary. The recent case he headed in the Supreme Court was against the Karnataka High Court's ruling to ban the wearing of hijab by Muslim girls in educational institutions. Other than this, Venkataramani was also appointed as the court receiver to look into...

After being appointed as the new Attorney General of India for a period of three years, senior advocate R Venkataramani issued his first response on Wednesday. In a video message, he expressed gratitude towards PM Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju for bestowing faith in him. Venkataramani also asserted that he will discharge his responsibility without fear and favour. He will take over as the A-G from senior advocate KK Venugopal who will retire on September 30. Senior advocate R Venkataramani remarked, "I am deeply grateful to all these people who have made this possible for me. There are many of them. And I must also thank the Honourable Prime Minister, Home Minister and Law Minister for placing confidence in me to take up this very sensitive assignment. And I only wish and pray that given the assistance I have been bestowed with by all my friends, I will be in a position to discharge this responsibility without fear or favour and without ill-will and to the best of my abilities." Enrolled in the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu in 1977, he joined the chambers of PP Rao, senior advocate in the Supreme Court two years later. He established an independent practice in the Supreme Court in 1982. In 1997, the SC appointed him as a senior advocate. Appointed to the Law Commission of India in 2010, he was reappointed for a second term in 2013. Venkataramani also has several publications to his credit including books- on ‘Land Reforms’ (Co-author: ...