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| name = Mukul Rohatgi <br />
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| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Government Law College, Mumbai]]<br />
| residence = [[New Delhi]]<br />
| occupation = Lawyer<br />
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| office = [[Attorney General for India]]<br />
| term_start1 = {{Start date|2014|06|19|df=yes}}<br />
| term_end1 = {{End date|2017|06|18|df=yes}}<br />
| appointer1 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br>([[President of India]])<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Goolam Essaji Vahanvati]]<br />
| successor1 = [[K. K. Venugopal]] <br />
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'''Mukul Rohatgi''' is an Indian lawyer and designated [[Senior Counsel|senior counsel]],<nowiki/> and was the 14th [[Attorney General for India]]. He was succeeded by [[K. K. Venugopal]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/k-k-venugopal-assumes-charge-as-attorney-general/articleshow/59430069.cms|title=K K Venugopal assumes charge as Attorney General|date=2017-07-03|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2017-08-27}}</ref> He had a tenure of three years as Attorney General, from 19 June 2014 to 18 June 2017.<ref name = "lawmin">{{cite web|title=LIST OF LAW OFFICERS|url=http://lawmin.nic.in/la/lawofficers.htm|website=Ministry of Law and Justice|accessdate=2 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227181547/http://www.lawmin.nic.in/la/lawofficers.htm|archive-date=27 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=List of Law Officers of Government of India|url=http://lawmin.nic.in/la/lawofficers.htm|accessdate=12 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227181547/http://www.lawmin.nic.in/la/lawofficers.htm|archive-date=27 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi is new Attorney General|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/senior-advocate-mukul-rohatgi-is-new-attorney-general_939078.html|accessdate=12 June 2014|publisher=Zee News}}</ref> He is a [[senior counsel|senior advocate]] at the [[Supreme Court of India]]. He has also served earlier as [[Additional Solicitor General]] of India.<ref name=indiatoday-supermen>{{cite web|last=Singh|first=Gyanant|title=Meet India's supermen in black: When people like Robert Vadra get into trouble, only a handful of lawyers are called to bail them out |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/meet-india-supermen-in-black/1/225634.html|publisher=India Today|accessdate=25 May 2014}}</ref><br />
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Rohatgi, son of former [[Delhi High Court]] judge Justice Awadh Behari Rohatgi, has represented the [[Government of Gujarat]] in the Supreme Court in the [[2002 Gujarat riots]] and allegedly fake encounter death cases, including the [[Best Bakery]] and Zahira Sheikh cases.<br />
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==Education==<br />
Rohatgi completed his studies of law from [[Government Law College, Mumbai]].<ref>http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/on-his-majestys-legal-service/296713</ref><br />
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==Professional career==<br />
After graduating in law, he started practice under [[Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal]], who later became 36th [[Chief Justice of India]]. He started working with him in the [[High court of India|High Court]] and later started his own legal practice. He was designated as a senior counsel by the Delhi High Court on 3 June 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/%5Cwritereaddata%5Cupload%5C%5CPublicNotices%5CPublicNotice_8IBJIGDV.PDF|title = List of designated Senior Advocates, Delhi High Court|date = |accessdate = 1 February 2015|website = |publisher = Delhi High Court|last = |first = }}</ref> In 1999, he was appointed as [[Additional Solicitor General of India]] for the [[Vajpayee government]], an appointment that saw him shift base to the Supreme Court.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indias-top-10-lawyers/articleshow/5426768.cms|title = India's top 10 lawyers|last = Mahapatra|first = Dhananjay|date = 9 January 2010|work = [[Times of India]]|access-date = 1 February 2015}}</ref><br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Rambalak Mahto]]<br />
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