KK Venugopal: The accidental lawyer who shaped seven decades of India’s legal history

Former Attorney General of India and senior advocate K.K. Venugopal may have represented Chief Ministers, States, and top politicians over the course of a long career, but still sees himself as The Accidental Lawyer, the title of his new autobiography. In a candid conversation with The Hindu, senior advocate K.K. Venugopal discusses the “command from political masters” that triggered the anti-Sikh riots in the 1980s, his sense of betrayal when he realised then-Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ka...