Mukul Rohatgi

Mukul Rohatgi
Attorney General for India
In office
19 June 2014 (2014-06-19) – 18 June 2017 (2017-06-18)
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
(President of India)
Preceded byGoolam Essaji Vahanvati
Succeeded byK. K. Venugopal
Personal details
NationalityIndian
ResidenceNew Delhi
Alma materGovernment Law College, Mumbai
OccupationLawyer

Mukul Rohatgi is an Indian lawyer and designated senior counsel, and was the 12th Attorney General for India. He was succeeded by K. K. Venugopal, whom he was also offered to succeed to hold the position again, but he declined.[1] He had a tenure of three years as Attorney General, from 19 June 2014 to 18 June 2017.[2][3][4] He is a senior advocate at the Supreme Court of India. He has also served earlier as Additional Solicitor General of India.[5]

  1. ^ "K K Venugopal assumes charge as Attorney General". The Economic Times. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. ^ "LIST OF LAW OFFICERS". Ministry of Law and Justice. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  3. ^ "List of Law Officers of Government of India". Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi is new Attorney General". Zee News. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  5. ^ Singh, Gyanant. "Meet India's supermen in black: When people like Robert Vadra get into trouble, only a handful of lawyers are called to bail them out". India Today. Retrieved 25 May 2014.