KK Venugopal appointed as new Attorney General
Senior lawyer KK Venugopal has been appointed as the new Attorney General of India to succeed Mukul Rohatgi to the post. Venugopal, who has been practising law for over fifty years, has also appeared for LK Advani in the Babri Masjid demolition case at the Supreme Court. The 86-year-old held the office of Additional Solicitor General in Morarji Desai's Government.