K. K. Venugopal

Kottayan Katankot Venugopal (born 6 September 1931) is an Indian constitutional lawyer and a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India. He was enrolled as an advocate on January 27, 1954. On 1 July 2017, he was appointed as the Attorney General of India and retired on 30 September 2022. He is Patron of SAARCLAW (A regional apex body of SAARC) and earlier has been its President. He is founder of M K Nambyar SAARCLAW Centre For Advanced Legal Studies at the NALSAR University of Law.

K. K. Venugopal
13th Attorney General of India
In office
1 July 2017 (2017-07-01) – 30 September 2022 (2022-09-30)
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byMukul Rohatgi
Succeeded byR. Venkataramani
Personal details
Born
Kottayan Katankot Venugopal

(1931-09-06) 6 September 1931
Kanhangad, South Canara, Madras Presidency, British India
(present day Kasaragod, Kerala, India)
Alma mater
  • Raja Lakhamgouda Law College, Belgaum
  • St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru
OccupationLawyer
Awards
  • Padma Vibhushan (2015)
  • Padma Bhushan (2002)
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