Let us tell you that the tenure of current Attorney General KK Venugopal (91) is going to end on 30 September. Shri Venkataramani will be the 15th Attorney General of India.
The Attorney General of India (AG) is a part of the executive body of the Union. AG is supreme law officer of the land. Article 76 of the Constitution provides for the office of the Attorney General of India. The Attorney General is appointed by the President on the advice of the government.
He should be a person who is eligible to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court, that is to say, a citizen of India, having five years' experience of serving as a Judge of a High Court or 10 years' practice of practice in a High Court, should have experience or in the opinion of the President, he should be a person capable of judicial matters.
