• Senior advocate K.K. Venugopal was reappointed as the Attorney General for India for one more year.

• “The President is pleased to reappoint K.K. Venugopal as Attorney General for India for a period of one year with effect from July 1, 2021,” a notification by the law ministry said. 

• He first took over as the Attorney General on July 1, 2017, succeeding Mukul Rohatgi. In June 2020, his term was extended for one year.

• Venugopal was conferred with Padma Vibhushan in 2015 and Padma Bhushan in 2002. He had served as Additional Solicitor General during the Morarji Desai government during the seventies.

Attorney General

• The Attorney General for India is appointed by the President of India under Article 76 of the Constitution and holds office during the pleasure of the President. 

• Attorney General is the top law officer of the Union government.

• He must be a person qualified to be appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court. It is the duty of the Attorney General to give advice to the government of India upon such legal matters and to perform such other duties of legal character as may be referred or assigned to him by the President. 

• In the performance of his duties, he has the right of audience in all courts in India as well as the right to take part in the proceedings of Parliament without the right to vote. 

• The Attorney General shall receive such remuneration as the President may determine.

• In discharge of his functions, the Attorney General is assisted by a Solicitor General and Additional Solicitors General.

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