General Knowledge / Attorney Generals of India

The Attorney General for India is the Indian government's chief legal advisor, and is primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of India. He can be said to be the lawyer from government's side. He is appointed by the President of India under Article 76(1) of the Constitution and holds office during the pleasure of the President. He must be a person qualified to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court (He must have been a judge of some high court for five years or an advocate of some high court for ten years or an eminent jurist, in the opinion of the President and must be a citizen of India.).

List of Attorney Generals of India
S. No Attorney General Term
1 M. C. Setalvad 28 Jan1950 – 1 March 1963
2 C. K. Daphtary 2 March 1963 – 30 Oct1968
3 Niren De 1 Nov1968 – 31 March 1977
4 S. V. Gupte 1 April 1977 – 8 Aug1979
5 L. N. Sinha 9 Aug1979 – 8 Aug1983
6 K. Parasaran 9 Aug1983 – 8 Dec1989
7 Soli Sorabjee 9 Dec1989 – 2 Dec1990
8 G. Ramaswamy 3 Dec1990 – 23 Nov1992
9 Milon K. Banerji 21 Nov1992 – 8 July 1996
10 Ashok Desai 9 July 1996 – 6 April 1998
11 Soli Sorabjee 7 April 1998 – 4 June 2004
12 Milon K. Banerji 5 June 2004 – 7 June 2009
13 Goolam Essaji Vahanvati 8 June 2009 – 11 June 2014
14 Mukul Rohatgi 19 June 2014 – 18 June 2017
15 K. K. Venugopal 1 July 2017 – present


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