{"id":125253,"date":"2022-09-30T18:15:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T12:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=125253"},"modified":"2022-10-01T18:58:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T13:28:35","slug":"who-is-r-venkataramani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/government\/who-is-r-venkataramani","title":{"rendered":"Who is R Venkataramani?"},"content":{"rendered":"

R Venkataramani, a longtime Supreme Court of India counsel, was chosen on September 28, 2022, to serve as India’s Attorney General<\/a> for a 3-year term beginning from October 1, 2022. After K K Venugopal’s period ends on September 30, he will take over.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Attorney for the Supreme Court of India<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Global representations<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

The International Court of Justice also included him in its Afro-Asian operations, notably those related to ICESCR.<\/span><\/p>\n

Office of Attorney General of India(AGI):<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n