Mukul Rohatgi declines Centre's offer to be next Attorney General
India | September 26, 2022 8:24 ISTMukul Rohatgi was succeeded by Venugopal, who was appointed to the post in July 2017.
Mukul Rohatgi was succeeded by Venugopal, who was appointed to the post in July 2017.
Mukul Rohatgi was first appointed as the Attorney General in 2014 for a three-year term.
Pakistan's National Assembly has approved a bill allowing Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav to appeal his conviction in the high courts of the country.
"We have taken note of request of the AG not to continue due to personal reasons. We respect that. Rohatgi has been a very distinguished AG. He has served with great distinction," the minister said.
Rohatgi said he was appointed by the Narendra Modi government after it came to power in May 2014 and he has served his three-year term.
Rohatgi was in June, 2014 appointed as the country's chief law officer for a fixed three-year term.
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