Onus now on central and state governments to pass legislation to make this happen, say legal experts...

The senior advocate will take over from incumbent AG KK Venugopal whose tenure will expire on September 30...

'We are losing an intellectual and an excellent judge'...

K.K. Venugopal was midway through the hearing of whether all land donated by Muslims for charitable work would come under wakf property...

Government was told for a policy to give incentives to its public prosecutors for successfully arguing death penalty cases in courts...

Attorney-general K.K. Venugopal clarifies that 'my stand may differ with that of the Union of India'...

Justice Ramana initially wondered how SC could help, underlining that the Centre had already taken up the evacuation of stranded citizens...

He told the attorney-general that the Centre and the states had the responsibility of providing security to judges, who have been facing constant threats from gangsters...

The apex court asked the petitioner to serve a copy of the plea on attorney-general K.K. Venugopal who will have to address the court during the hearing...

In a statement issued through general secretary Anindita Pujari, the Bar Association of India said his death 'brought disrepute to the Indian legal system'...