Kottayan Katankot

Venugopal
(K.K.Venugopal)
Israa Zaidi
Semester VII
B.A l.l.B - AUD14779
 Early Life and and Career

K.K. Venugopal was born on 06 September 1931 in

Kanhagad, Madras Presidency, British India.

His father, M.K. Nambiar, was a barrister. His mother’s

name is Kalyani Nambiar. He spent his childhood in
Mangalore where he moved with his family.
 Education

He did his primary education in His father was a barrister in Madras

Mangalore. After that he High Court. This sparked on him as
moved to Chennai to take
interest to pursue law as career which
higher education. Later he
he did from Raja Lakhamgouda Law
pursued B.Sc. in Physics at
College, Belgaum, and he started his
Madras Christian College,
Chennai. career as a Lawyer in Mysore in 1954.
Venugopal has appeared for many high-profile cases like the Babri
Masjid demolition case where he represented the BJP leaders, LK
Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Venugopal served as the President of the Union Internationale des

Avocats (International Association of Lawyers) where he served from
1996 to 1997.

Venugopal was appointed by the Royal Government of Bhutan to serve

as the Constitutional adviser for drafting of the Constitution of India.

On 1 July 2017, he was appointed as the Attorney General of India and

retired on 30 September, 2022
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Demolition
of Babri
masjid - 1992
 December 6th

A crowd of almost Two FIRs are filed, one against Senior Advocate
150,000 people gather to kar sevaks for the demolition
and the other against the likes KK Venugopal,
listen to speeches by BJP
and the Vishwa Hindu
of Advani, Joshi and Bharti, was
for the communal speeches
Parishad (VHP) leaders they delivered that led to the
representing
– including LK Advani demolition. LK Advani and
and Murli Manohar Joshi MM Joshi
 K.K Venugopal’s role:
The Supreme Court today asked
BJP leaders LK Advani, MM
Joshi and other accused in the
Babri Masjid demolition case to
give their written submissions.
Advocate KK Venugopal, appearing
for the BJP leaders, sought
permission from the court for
appearing before another bench

1 2
A bench comprising Justices
PC Ghose and RF Nariman
asked all the parties in the
case to file their written
arguments by April 6
3 4
Venugopal's plea was accepted and at the
end - 13 persons including Advani, Joshi
and Bharti were discharged of
conspiracy charge in the case, the trial of
which is being held at a special court in
Raebareli.
 02

2G Spectrum Case
 2008
According to a CAG audit,
licenses were granted to ineligible
corporations, those with no
Political controversy in which experience in the telecom sector
politicians and private officials (such as Unitech and Swan
of the Telecom) and those who had
United Progressive Allia concealed relevant information.
nce
coalition government India
1
were allegedly involved in 2 3 4
According to the CBI
122 new charge sheet, several laws
were violated and bribes
second-generation 2
G were paid to favour certain
Unified Access Service firms in granting 2G
(UAS) licenses were granted spectrum licenses.
to telecom companies on a
 K.K Venugopal’s Role
01
Venugopal has represented
both the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) and the ED
in the 2G hearings.
02 03
The Centre for Public Interest
The court requested to assist
Litigation, the petitioner in the 2G
in these cases by appearing case, and Bharatiya Janata Party
for the central bureau of politician Subramanian Swamy
investigation and the said that they wanted Venugopal
Enforcement directorate to stay on as amicus curiae.
Ethics
Thank you

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