BREAKING| Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi Declines To Be The Next Attorney General For India

Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi has told LiveLaw that he has declined the Union Government's offer to be the next Attorney General for India. He said that he thought about the offer again and decided to decline it.

The term of the incumbent Attorney General for India KK Venugopal is ending on September 30. There were reports that Rohatgi was going to take the AG's mantle after Venugopal from October 1.

Rohatgi had earlier resigned as the Attorney General in June 2017 after serving a term of three years. After Rohatgi, Venugopal was appointed as the AG for a term of three years, and he was given one year extension each in 2020 and 2021. On June 29 this year, AG Venugopal's term was extended by three more months by the Union Government. There were reports that Venugopal had requested the Government to not further extend his tenure citing health problems, and the Government requested him to continue for three more months.