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Senior Advocate R Venkataramani Appointed As New Attorney General Of India: Report

New Attorney General of India: Venkataramani has been appointed as the new Attorney General for India

New Delhi: Senior advocate R Venkataramani has been appointed as the new Attorney General of India for a period of three years. He will succeed K K Venugopal as the new A-G. Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju’s office confirmed the appointment in a tweet. “Honorable President is pleased to appoint Shri R. Venkataramani, Senior Advocate as Attorney General for India w.e.f. 1st October 2022,” it said.

Who Is R Venkataramani?

Venkataramani is a Supreme Court lawyer practicing for 42 years. In July 1977, he was enrolled in the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu, and in 1979, he joined P.P. Rao, Senior Advocate, joined the Supreme Court Chamber and in 1982, he established an independent practice in the Supreme Court. 

In 1997, the Supreme Court of India appointed him as a Senior Advocate. Appointed to the Law Commission of India in 2010, and reappointed for a second term in 2013.

He has advocated in many areas of law, including constitutional law, arbitration law, indirect tax law, corporate and securities law, environmental law, education law, land law, criminal law, human rights law, consumer law and service law.

Venkataramani has appeared in the Supreme Court and High Courts on behalf of several State Governments, Universities and Central and State Public Sector Undertakings. Between 2004 and 2010, he was a Special Senior Counsel for various departments of the Government of India in the Supreme Court and High Courts, and also served as a Supreme Court lawyer in matters relating to the service conditions of court employees.

He has been actively involved in academic activities since 1988, starting with the National Law School of India University in Bangalore, and is currently involved in academic activities in several law schools.

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