Senior Advocate Vijay Narayanan Appointed New Advocate General Of Tamil Nadu

Senior Advocate Vijay Narayan has been appointed as the new Advocate General of Tamil Nadu.

A notification issued by the Public (Law Officers) Department read as follows:

"In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 165(1) of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby appoints Thiru. Vijay Narayan, Senior Advocate, as the Advocate General for the State of Tamil Nadu, with effect from the date on which he assumes charge of the office vice Thiru. P.S.Raman, who has resigned,".

Vijay Narayan has been appointed as the new AG following the resignation of current AG PS Raman.

Mr. Narayan comes from a family of eminent lawyers and jurists. Interestingly, his father's younger brother, Mr. K.K. Venugopal is the current Attorney General of India. Besides, his paternal grandfather was legendary lawyer M.K. Nambiar and his maternal grandfather was Sardar K.M. Panikkar, member of the Constituent Assembly.

He himself is the President of the Madras Bar Association, and has, in the past, argued a wide variety of cases, including cases on service law, labour law, constitutional law, administrative law and commercial law.

After completing his graduation from the Loyola College in 1977, he joined Law College, Madras in 1978 and graduated in 1982. Subsequently, he joined the chambers of Mr. P. Chidambaram, and worked with him until he became a Member of Parliament. He was then designated as a Senior Advocate in 2004.