Centre Appoints Senior Advocate R Venkataramani As Next Attorney General For India
The Central Government appoints Senior Advocate R Venkataramani as the new Attorney General for India. The term of the incumbent Attorney General KK Venugopal is ending on September 30.Earlier this week, Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi had turned down the offer of the Central Government to be the next Attorney General.The appointment of Mr.Venkataramani is for a period of three years.About...
The Central Government appoints Senior Advocate R Venkataramani as the new Attorney General for India. The term of the incumbent Attorney General KK Venugopal is ending on September 30.
Earlier this week, Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi had turned down the offer of the Central Government to be the next Attorney General.
The appointment of Mr.Venkataramani is for a period of three years.
About R Venkataramani
He was a student of Late Prof. Madhava Menon in Government Law College, Pondicherry and started his practice in 1977. In the year 1979, he shifted his practice to Delhi and joined the chambers of Late Mr. P.P. Rao, Senior Advocate in 1979.
He was designated as a Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court in the year 1997. He has previously served as a Member of the Law Commission of India for two terms in 2010 and 2013.
In 1990, he authored a book 'Judgments of Justice O. Chinnappa Reddy' (Former Judge of the Supreme Court) with a foreword by former Chief Justice M.N. Venkatachalaiah.
He also authored the volume on 'Torts' in the series of Halsbury's Laws of India, published by Butterworths.