Kk Venugopal Attorney General Of India

Attorney general kk venugopal on thursday declined to grant permission to initiate contempt proceedings against veteran journalist rajdeep sardesai over tweets that were allegedly critical of the supreme court in the prashant bhushan case according to several media reports.

Kk venugopal attorney general of india. Kottayan katankot venugopal born 1931 known generally as k. Attorney general kk venugopal refused to give his consent to a plea seeking to initiate contempt of court proceedings against senior journalist rajdeep sardesai over his tweets on the. Attorney general kk venugopal s office had received a request to begin contempt proceedings against mr sardesai for his comments on the supreme court ruling that found senior advocate prashant. Attorney general kk venugopal denies consent for initiating contempt of court proceeding against journalist rajdeep sardesai a petition was filed in the supreme court seeking contempt proceedings against india today employee rajdeep sardesai for his tweets on the suo motu contempt case against prashant bhushan and judiciary.

A terse notification from the union ministry of law and justice umlj on june 29 said the president is pleased to re appoint shri k k venugopal senior advocate as attorney general for india. Kk venugopal has been re appointed as attorney general of india for a period of one year. Attorney general ag kk venugopal on thursday declined to grant permission for initiation of criminal contempt of court proceedings against journalist rajdeep sardesai for his tweets criticising. Attorney general for india kk venugopal has declined to grant consent for initiating contempt proceedings against journalist rajdeep sardesai over his tweets critiquing the court s sentencing verdict in the prashant bhushan case and other tweets concerning the judiciary.

Venugopal personal name is venugopal is an indian constitutional lawyer and a senior advocate in the supreme court of india.