SKOCH India Law Award

R Venkataramani

Attorney-General for India

SKOCH India Law Award

R Venkataramani

Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

New Delhi, 14th May 2022

Senior Advocate R Venkataramani has established himself as one of the most erudite and astute lawyers of India, dealing in matters as varied as constitutional law, environmental law, taxation, tribal rights, and child and women’s rights. He has represented several state governments, the Union government, universities and public sector undertakings in major litigation in the Supreme Court and in High Courts.

A former member of the Law Commission of India, Venkataramani has completed 42 years of practice in the Supreme Court. He has also been a Special Senior Counsel for various departments of the Government of India in the Supreme Court and High Courts between 2004–2010 and has also been acting as Counsel for the Supreme Court in matters about the service conditions of employees of the Court.

L to R: R Venkataramani, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Sameer Kochhar, Chairman, SKOCH Group 

He was a Co-opted member of the Expert Group constituted by the Ministry of Minority Affairs to examine and determine the structure and functions of an Equal Opportunity Commission.

Acceptance Speech, R Venkataramani, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

R Venkataramani at SKOCH India Law Forum & LITFest Awards

ILF 2022, Plenary Session

R Venkataramani, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

Mr. Venkatramani is a lawyer with an experience of 42 years of practice in the Supreme Court. He enrolled in July 1977 in the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and joined the chambers of Mr. P.P. Rao, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court in 1979. He then set up an independent practice in the Supreme Court in the year 1982. He was designated as Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court of India in the year 1997. Appointed as a Member of the Law Commission of India, in 2010 and again for a further term in the year 2013. He Has practiced in various branches of law prominently Constitutional Law, Arbitration Law, Law of Indirect Taxes, Corporate and Securities law, Environmental Law, laws relating to Education, Land Laws, Criminal Law, Human Rights Law, Consumer Law, as well as the law relating to services. He Has represented several State Governments, Universities, and Central and State Public Sector Undertakings in Supreme Court and High Courts. He Has also been a Special Senior Counsel for various departments of the Government of India in the Supreme Court and High Courts between 2004–2010 and has also been acting as Counsel for the Supreme Court in matters pertaining to the service conditions of employees of the Court. He has been actively involved in academic activities since 1988 commencing from his association with the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, and is engaged with several law schools in their academic activities

SKOCH India Law Award

SKOCH Award, independently instituted in 2003, is India’s honest civilian honour conferred by an independent organisation as a third party assessment. It is the only award in the country that is based on felt-needs assessment and outcome evaluation based on evidence. It therefore, recognises people, projects and institutions that go the extra mile to make India a better nation. 

SKOCH Challenger Award is non-competitive and conferred for having made a definitive impact on governance improvement and growth of India. These are based on primary research and recommendations by the Collegium of past SKOCH Challenger Awardees and the Distinguished Fellows of SKOCH Development Foundation. 

SKOCH Challenger Award comes with a backing of reputation of more than two decades. It is distinctive for its approach of selection of awardees. The SKOCH Challenger Award not only acknowledges exceptional achievers – organisations and individuals – but also spurs institutional guidance and best practices. 

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