Senior Counsel P.S. Raman, alias Bharat Raman, is all set to be appointed Tamil Nadu’s Advocate-General following the resignation of R. Shunmugasundaram. He has a standing of 40 years in the Bar and has been a designated Senior Counsel since 2004.
According to sources, the State government has forwarded Mr. Shunmugasundaram’s resignation as well as a proposal to appoint Mr. Raman as the new A-G to Governor R.N. Ravi and has been awaiting issuance of the appointment order.
After the order gets issued, this shall be the second time that Mr. Raman would be assuming the office of A-G. He had already held the office once between 2009 and 2011. He was 49 years old in 2009 and achieved the distinction of being the second youngest lawyer to assume the high office.