MR. K.K. VENUGOPAL is an eminent Indian constitutional lawyer and a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India.
He was designated as Senior Advocate (The Indian equivalent of the Queen’s Counsel in England) by the Supreme Court of India in March, 1972. Served as the Additional Solicitor General of India during 1979-80, he was the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of India during 1990-91, 1994-95 and 1999-2000.
Mr. Venugopal also served as the President of SAARCLAW (The International Association of Lawyers of the SAARC Countries) during 1995-97 and President of the Union Internationale des Avocats 1996-97 (The oldest among International Associations of lawyers, with headquarters at Paris).
In 2015, he was conferred Padma Vibhushan award by Government of India, which is the second-highest civilian honour in India. In 1997, he received the “Grand Cross” award and medal from the Bar Association of Bagota, Columbia, as well as a medal and citation from the Bar Associations of Buenos Aires and Matanza, Argentina, in recognition of his achievement in human rights and legal multi-lingualism and multi-culturalism. He has also received the Global Award 2003 from the Chief Minister of Kerala and the Eswara Iyer; “Distinguished Lawyer Award” from the Kerala Bar Federation.
Mr. Venugopal was the Editor-in-Chief of the Third and Fourth editions of the book “Justice Bachawat’s: Law of Arbitration & Conciliation”.