By way of PTI
NEW DELHI: Senior recommend Ok Ok Venugopal has agreed to proceed because the Lawyer Normal for India for 3 extra months following a request by way of the central govt, govt resources mentioned on Wednesday.
His provide one-year time period was once to finish on June 30. Venugopal, the resources mentioned, was once no longer keen to proceed within the constitutional publish because of “non-public causes”.
However following a request by way of the central govt, he has agreed to proceed as the highest legislation officer of the Union of India for 3 extra months.
Venugopal, 91, was once appointed by way of the President of India as Lawyer Normal for India in July 2017, succeeding Mukul Rohatgi. He was once due to this fact reappointed to the publish. The legal professional common normally has a tenure of 3 years.
When Venugopal’s first time period as AG was once to finish in 2020, he had asked the federal government to provide him a one-year tenure preserving in thoughts his complex age.
Remaining 12 months too, Venugopal was once reappointed for 365 days.
In view of the high-profile circumstances Venugopal is dealing with within the Best Court docket and his enjoy on the Bar, the federal government was once willing that he persevered as its most sensible legislation officer.
An eminent recommend of Best Court docket, Venugopal has seemed in a lot of circumstances involving essential problems with Constitutional and company legislation.
He was once an extra solicitor common of India between 1979 and 1980. He has been awarded Padma Bhushan in 2002 and Padma Vibhushan in 2015.