KK Venugopal is the 15th Attorney General of India. He was appointed as the Attorney General of India by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, on 30 June 2017. Prior to becoming the Attorney General of India, he was a senior lawyer of the Supreme Court of India and a Constitutional Lawyer of India.
Wiki/Biography
Kottayan Katankot Venugopal was born on 6 September 1931 (Sunday) (now 89 years old; 2020) in Kanhangad, Kasaragod district, Kerala, and was brought up and educated in Mangalore. His star sign is Virgo. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in physics from Madras Christian College, Chennai. He also studied law at Raja Lakhamgouda Law College, Belgaum, Karnataka.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 6″
Eye color: Black
Hair color: Black
family
He belongs to the Nambiar family and belongs to the Hindu Ambalavasi caste.
Parents and siblings
KK Venugopal comes from a family with an administrative background. His father, MK Nambiar, worked as a lawyer in the Madras High Court during the British rule in India. MK Nambiar died on December 18, 1975. His mother’s name is Kalyani Nambiar. He has two brothers and a sister. His brothers’ names are Shiva Shanker Nambiar and Ramkumaran Nambiar. His sister’s name is Nalini Vasudevan, who died on January 4, 2013.
KK Venugopal’s father MK Nambiar
KK Venugopal’s mother Kalyani Nambiar
Wife and children
On May 28, 1958, Venugopal married Shantha Konath Venugopal in a traditional marriage. The marriage gave birth to two sons and a daughter. The elder son is Krishnan Venugopal (a senior lawyer in the Supreme Court) and the younger son is Kannan Venugopal. The daughter is named Lakshmi Venugopal.
Profession
After completing his formal education, Venugopal started his legal career in Mysore in 1954. Thereafter, he started practicing in the Madras High Court under the guidance of his father and worked by his side for over 50 years. In 1972, he moved to Delhi and was appointed as a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India. During his career, Venugopal handled several high-profile cases such as the Babri Masjid demolition case. In the case, BJP leaders LK Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee were accused of inciting protests that led to the demolition of the Babri Masjid. As the Attorney General of India, KK Venugopal has been in the spotlight many times and in March 2019, he appeared in the Supreme Court for the Narendra Modi government on the Rafale fighter jet deal and its related controversies.
Old photo of KK Venugopal
dispute
- In 2019, KK Venugopal had been heavily criticised in the Supreme Court for asking senior lawyer Anand Grover to address senior lawyer Indira Jaising as his ‘wife’ instead of ‘Ms. Jaising.’ Later, Indira Jaising was upset with the remark and asked Venugopal to retract his statement, saying that she herself was an independent individual with her own identity.
Facts/Trivia
- From 1996 to 1997, he was appointed President of the International Bar Association (Union Internationale des Avocats).
- The Royal Government of Bhutan appointed KK Venugopal to visit the country and help them draft the Constitution of Bhutan.
- In 2002, Venugopal was awarded the Padma Shri, the country’s third-highest civilian honour.
- In 2015, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government, the country’s second-highest civilian honor.
KK Venugopal and former President Pranab Mukherjee
- On June 29, 2020, KK Venugopal was re-elected as Attorney General of India for a period of one year starting from July 1, 2020.
KK Venugopal and Shri Ram Nath Kovind
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education