The central authorities is able to notify Re-appointment of Senior Advocate KK Venugopali As Attorney General of India for a interval of yet one more 12 months with impact from 1st July.
The Attorney General for India, a constitutional publish, is the nation’s prime authorized officer. Venugopal took over because the fifteenth Attorney General for India on July 1, 2017, changing senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, who was the AG from 2014-2017.
When his three-year time period ended final 12 months, 91-year-old Venugopal had requested that he be relieved of his publish citing his rising age. However, the central authorities requested them to proceed holding The prime workplace for an additional time period and Venugopal agreed however stayed the extension of his time period by one 12 months.
In distinction, in July final 12 months, the tenure of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta was prolonged for 3 years.
Venugopal is representing the central authorities in a number of key issues, together with the constitutional problem to dilute Article 370, the central authorities’s dealing with of the COVID-19 pandemic, difficult Section 124-A of the Penal Code, amongst others. commits the offense of treason. He has efficiently defended the federal government in 2018 within the Rafale case and constitutional problem to Aadhaar amongst others.
Born in 1931, Kottayam Katanakot Venugopal is a chief of the bar with 67 years of observe. His father MK Nambiar was additionally an skilled barrister. In 2002, KKV (as he’s identified in authorized circles) was awarded the Padma Bhushan and in 2015 he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the nation’s second highest civilian honour.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
