KK Venugopal re-appointed as Attorney General of India for a year

KK Venugopal was re-appointed as the Attorney General of India for one year as his present three-year term ends on June 30. Venugopal, a leading lawyer of the country, succeeded Mukul Rohatgi as the Attorney General on June 30, 2017. Tushar Mehta has also been re-appointed as the Solicitor General for a period of 3 years or until further orders.

New Delhi: KK Venugopal has been re-appointed as Attorney General of India on Monday for a period of one year.

His present three-year term ends on June 30.

"The President is pleased to re-appoint Shri KK Venugopal, Senior Advocate as Attorney General for India for a period of one year we.f. July 1, 2020," read a notification.

It further read that Tushar Mehta has been re-appointed as the Solicitor General for a period of 3 years or until further orders.

Senior lawyer, Chetan Sharma has been appointed as Additional Solicitor General (ASG) for Delhi High Court.

The Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet has re-appointed the existing five Additional Solicitor General (ASG) for another 3 years in the Supreme Court.

The Committee also appointed as five ASGs for the High Courts for a period of three years: Yezdezard Jehangir Dastoor for the Calcutta High Court, Chetan Sharma for the Delhi High Court, R Sankaranarayanan for the Madras High Court, Dr Krishna Nandan Singh for the Patna High Court and Devang Girish Vyas for the Gujarat High Court.

(ANI Report)