SSC CGL 2024 Tier-I · 23 September 2024, Shift 2 · General Awareness · Question 12 of 100

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In 2022, who has been appointed as new Attorney General of India?

(a)R Venkatramani
(b)Mukul Rohatgi
(c)Niren De
(d)KK Venugopal

Answer

Why

Correct — A. R Venkatramani was appointed Attorney General for India in 2022, taking office on 1 October 2022 and succeeding KK Venugopal.

The office sits in Article 76: the President appoints as Attorney General a person qualified to be a judge of the Supreme Court, and the holder serves during the pleasure of the President.

Why the others are wrong

(b)
Mukul Rohatgi — Mukul Rohatgi was Attorney General from 2014 to 2017. The right office and the right name for an earlier term, but the stem fixes the year at 2022.
(c)
Niren De — Niren De was Attorney General from 1968 to 1977 and argued for the State in the ADM Jabalpur habeas corpus case during the Emergency. Half a century before the year asked about.
(d)
KK Venugopal — KK Venugopal is the predecessor, not the successor. He held the office from 2017 until his term ended in September 2022, after a series of short extensions.

Concept

The Attorney General for India is the government's first law officer, appointed by the President under Article 76 and holding office during the President's pleasure.

The qualification is that of a Supreme Court judge. The Attorney General has a right of audience in all courts of India and, under Article 88, may speak in either House of Parliament and its committees, but has no vote.

The post is not a Cabinet post, and unlike a government servant the holder may continue private practice, subject to restrictions.

The Attorney General has no fixed term written into the Constitution. That is why the succession is asked by year and why an incumbent's exit is usually described as a term ending rather than a tenure expiring.

Key facts

Article 76 provides for the Attorney General for India.
The Attorney General is appointed by the President and holds office during the President's pleasure.
Article 88 lets the Attorney General speak in either House of Parliament without a right to vote.
R Venkatramani took office as Attorney General on 1 October 2022, succeeding KK Venugopal.

Study next

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Common traps

Picking the most familiar name from recent news instead of the one tied to the year in the stem
Assuming the Attorney General has a fixed five-year tenure

Constitutional offices are asked by Article number as well as by name.

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