<p>The Union government Wednesday appointed senior advocate R Venkataramani as Attorney General for India for a period of three years.</p>.<p>A notification in this regard was issued by the Law Ministry.</p>.<p>Venkataramani is likely to assume office on October 1 as an extended term of incumbent Attorney General K K Venugopal is to end on September 30.</p>.<p>The development comes days after senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi declined the offer to return as the top law officer of the country.</p>.<p>Venkataramani has rich experience of over 45 years as a lawyer. He has earlier represented the Union and state governments in various constitutional matters. He has also been a member of the Law Commission of India in 2010 and 2013.</p>.<p>He got enrolled in July 1977 in the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and joined the chambers of late senior advocate P P Rao, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court in 1979. </p>.<p>He started an independent practice in the Supreme Court in the year 1982. </p>.<p>He was designated as Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court of India in the year 1997. </p>.<p>He has also been associated with the National Law School of India University, Bangaluru.</p>
<p>The Union government Wednesday appointed senior advocate R Venkataramani as Attorney General for India for a period of three years.</p>.<p>A notification in this regard was issued by the Law Ministry.</p>.<p>Venkataramani is likely to assume office on October 1 as an extended term of incumbent Attorney General K K Venugopal is to end on September 30.</p>.<p>The development comes days after senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi declined the offer to return as the top law officer of the country.</p>.<p>Venkataramani has rich experience of over 45 years as a lawyer. He has earlier represented the Union and state governments in various constitutional matters. He has also been a member of the Law Commission of India in 2010 and 2013.</p>.<p>He got enrolled in July 1977 in the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and joined the chambers of late senior advocate P P Rao, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court in 1979. </p>.<p>He started an independent practice in the Supreme Court in the year 1982. </p>.<p>He was designated as Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court of India in the year 1997. </p>.<p>He has also been associated with the National Law School of India University, Bangaluru.</p>
