R Venkataramani, a longtime Supreme Court of India counsel, was chosen on September 28, 2022, to serve as India’s Attorney General for a 3-year term beginning from October 1, 2022. After K K Venugopal’s period ends on September 30, he will take over.
Lawyer Venkatramani has more than four decades of work experience practising before the Supreme Court. He registered with the Tamil Nadu Bar Council in July 1977, and in 1979 he began working in the Supreme Court offices of Senior Counsel PP Rao. He then established his practice in the Highest Court in 1982. He received the title of Senior Attorney from the Supreme Court in 1997. The Law Commission then nominated him in 2010 and reappointed him for another term in 2013.
Attorney for the Supreme Court of India
Venkatramani has experience practising in several areas of law, most notably constitutional provisions, indirect tax rules, human rights legislation, criminal and civil rules, consumer protection laws, and commercial law.
Additionally, he has defended the Supreme Court in cases involving its workers, the National Government, various State Governments, Higher education institutions, and Public Sector Organizations in significant legal battles before the Supreme Court and High Courts.
Global representations
In 2001, the International Commission of Jurists and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights collaboratively conducted a seminar in Geneva, where Venkatramani was asked to participate and share his views on law-related topics.
The conference’s goal was to compile a presentation on the 1966 Optional Protocol to the International Covenants on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) for the Human Rights Commission.
The International Court of Justice also included him in its Afro-Asian operations, notably those related to ICESCR.
Office of Attorney General of India(AGI):
- They are described in Article 76 of the Indian constitution as the highest legal authority in India. He counsels the central government on all legal concerns as the principal legal consultant to the Indian government.
- Additionally, he is the primary legal representative for the Union Government before the Indian Supreme Court. In theory, the Attorney General is not meant to be a political person, and he is independent like a State’s Advocate General; however, this is not always the case.
Appointment Procedure
The President of India appoints an individual competent to Judge Of The Supreme Court. On the recommendation of the administration, the President appoints the attorney general. The following prerequisites apply:
- He ought to be a citizen of India.
- He must have acted as a justice in the Indian High Court for at least five years or as an advocate for ten years.
- He could also be a distinguished jurist in the President’s eyes.
What is the function of the AGI?
The AGI is responsible for the following tasks as the nation’s Chief Legal Officer:
- He provides legal advice to the Union administration on any legal issues that the President refers to him.
- Attorney General must also provide advice on the legal concerns that the President is constantly referred to as they serve his interests.
- In addition to the obligations outlined by the President, he also carries out those listed in the constitution.
- The President has given him the following three responsibilities:
- The Attorney General is required to represent the Indian government in any legal matter before the Supreme Court.
