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The Attorney General for India (ISO: Bhārata Ke Mahānyāyavādī) is the chief legal advisor of the Government of India. The Attorney General is appointed by the President of India at the instance of the Union Cabinet under Article 76(1) of the Constitution and hold office during the pleasure of the President. The Attorney General must meet ...
R. Venkataramani (born 13 April 1950) is an Indian constitutional lawyer and a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India. He is currently serving as the 14th Attorney-General for India. [1] He was appointed as a Member, Law Commission of India in 2010.
Ashok H. Desai (18 December 1932 – 13 April 2020) was an Indian lawyer, practising in the Supreme Court of India. He held office as the Attorney General of India from 9 July 1996 to 6 May 1998. Earlier, he was the Solicitor General of India from 18 December 1989 to 2 December 1990.
Kottayan Katankot Venugopal (born 6 September 1931) is an Indian constitutional lawyer and a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India. [1] He was enrolled as an advocate on 27 January 1954. On 1 July 2017, he was appointed as the Attorney General of India and retired on 30 September 2022.
The 11-member commission was headed by former Chief Justice of India Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah. [2] [3] The other members of the commission were: [4] B. P. Jeevan Reddy, Chairman of the Law Commission; Ranjit Singh Sarkaria, Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India; K. Punnayya, Former Judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Attorney General of India K.K. Venugopal had opposed the elevation of privacy as a fundamental right, representing the stance of the Union government of India in the Supreme Court. The previous Attorney General, Mukul Rohatgi , had opposed the right to privacy entirely, but Venugopal, while opposing the right, conceded that privacy could be ...
The Solicitor General of India (SGI) is subordinate to the Attorney General for India.The SGI is the second-highest law officer of the country, assists the Attorney General, and is assisted by Additional Solicitors General of India (Addl. SGIs).
Former Attorney-General M.C. Setalvad described the 24th Amendment as "a complete negation of the rule of law", and stressed that apart from its effect on the Indian people, the amendment endangered government itself. [10] Renowned jurists Kasturiranga Santhanam and Nanabhoy Palkhivala also opposed the amendment.