Senior advocate KK Venugopal on Monday took charge as the 15th Attorney General of India succeeding Mukul Rohatgi.
Venugopal, 86, was appointed the top law officer after Rohatgi stepped down ending his three-year term on June 11. He was greeted by Rohatgi, Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar and additional solicitor generals.
A noted constitutional expert, Venugopal is the recipient of Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan. He has become a law officer for the second time after being an Additional Solicitor General during the Morarji Desai government in the seventies.
He has been associated with several government instrumentalities and has been representing top political leaders. lately, he has been appearing for the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate before the Supreme Court in the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
Venugopal had also represented the Madhya Pradesh government during the hearing of National Judicial Appointments Commission Act in which he supported the validity of the central law to do away with the collegium system of appointment of judges for the higher judiciary.