Attorney General
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Trump's AG nominee Pam Bondi pressed by senators on 2020 polls and Kash Patel's FBI role
News | Jan 17, 2025, 11:34 AM ISTSenators questioned Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump's pick for Attorney General, about her views on the 2020 election results and her potential support for Kash Patel as the next FBI Director.
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US: Special counsel by Attorney General to probe tax evasion claims against Joe Biden's son Hunter
World | Aug 12, 2023, 12:00 AM ISTUpon considering his request, as well as the extraordinary circumstances relating to this matter, I have concluded it is in the public interest to appoint him (David Weiss) as Special Counsel," said Attorney General Merrick Gerland.
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Mukul Rohatgi declines Centre's offer to be next Attorney General
India | Sep 26, 2022, 08:24 AM ISTMukul Rohatgi was succeeded by Venugopal, who was appointed to the post in July 2017.
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Senior advocate K K Venugopal agrees to continue as Attorney General for three more months
India | Jun 29, 2022, 03:16 PM ISTKK Venugopal was not willing to continue in the constitutional post due to "personal reasons". But following a request by the central government, he has agreed to continue as the top law officer of the Union of India for three more months.
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Attorney General on Bombay High Court 'skin-to-skin' contact judgement: 'Outrageous'
India | Aug 24, 2021, 03:26 PM ISTIn January this year, the AG moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court judgment acquitting a person under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, after he pressed a girl's breast over the dress stating there was no skin-to-skin contact.
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Former AG Soli Sorabjee succumbs to COVID 19
India | Apr 30, 2021, 11:05 AM ISTFormer Attorney General and Constitutional law expert Soli Sorabjee succumbed to Covid 19 on Friday morning.
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Electoral bonds: Don't let transparency kill the scheme, says AG
Apr 11, 2019, 05:59 PM ISTAttorney General K.K Venugopal said that stringent safeguards were already in place in the KYC verification guidelines of the purchaser of electoral bonds.
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AG on electoral bonds: Don't let transparency kill the scheme
Apr 11, 2019, 05:22 PM IST"Do not let transparency kill the electoral bond scheme," said K.K. Venugopal. The government is in favour of maintaining the anonymity of purchaser and the redeemer of electoral bonds.
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SC seeks Attorney General's assistance on allocation of cases by CJI
India | Apr 13, 2018, 02:41 PM ISTA bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan asked the Attorney General to assist the bench and posted the matter on April 27.
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In a first, Sikh-American appointed New Jersey's attorney general
India | Jan 18, 2018, 02:40 PM ISTGrewal, became the nation's first Sikh state attorney general after the Senate approved his nomination with a vote of 29-0.
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Let's hope everything goes up very well: Attorney General K. K. Venugopal
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Violence in Charlottesville fits definition of domestic terror: US Attorney General
World | Aug 15, 2017, 12:03 AM ISTThe violence in Charlottesville in which a suspected white supremacist rammed a car on a crowd of protesters fits the definition of "domestic terrorism", US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said today.
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Regret hiring Jeff Sessions as US attorney general, says President Trump
World | Jul 20, 2017, 07:24 AM ISTTrump made the extraordinary statement about Sessions in an interview with the New York Times.
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KK Venugopal to be new Attorney General
India | Jun 30, 2017, 08:19 PM ISTSenior advocate KK Venugopal's name has been cleared for appointment as the Attorney General for India, following the decision of Mukul Rohatgi to step down as the top law officer.
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Don't want a second term, want to return to private practice, says Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi
India | Jun 12, 2017, 07:22 AM ISTRohatgi 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.
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Will come out with a law if triple talaq struck down: AG to SC
India | May 15, 2017, 01:21 PM ISTThe government today told the Supreme Court that it will come out with a law to regulate marriage and divorce among Muslims if triple talaq is held invalid and unconstitutional by the court.
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Tamil Nadu crisis: AG advises Governor to hold composite floor test in Assembly within a week
National | Feb 13, 2017, 11:26 PM ISTAttorney General Mukul Rohatgi has advised Governor C Vidyasagar Rao to hold composite floor test in the Assembly pitting caretaker Chief Minister O Paneerselvam against AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala.
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Attorney General doesn't come under RTI, rules Delhi HC
India | Feb 03, 2017, 06:45 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court today ruled that the office of the Attorney General of India does not come under the purview of Right to Infomation Act.
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Israeli attorney general orders probe against Benjamin Netanyahu
World | Jul 11, 2016, 06:24 AM ISTJerusalem: Israel's Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced on Sunday that he had ordered to open an initial probe amid criminal allegations against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The attorney general did not specify the nature
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Telco cartel earns Rs 250 cr a day, does nothing to curb call drops: AG tells SC
Apr 21, 2016, 09:55 PM ISTA “cartel” of 4-5 telecom firms having a billion subscribers making Rs 250 crore a day does is not making any investment in their network to improve services to check call drops, the government informed the Supreme Court on Thursday.