Senior Advocate PS Raman has taken charge as the new Advocate General of Tamil Nadu.
A notification to this effect was issued by the office of Tamil Nadu Governor N Ravi on Friday. The post fell vacant a few days ago, following the resignation of Senior Advocate R Shunmugasundaram.
Tamil Nadu Governor N Ravi’s office issued a notification on Friday confirming Raman’s appointment as the Advocate General.
Raman, having an experience of over 40 years at the Bar, was made a designated Senior Counsel in 2004. This would be his second stint as the Advocate General as he had previously held the office between 2009 and 2011.
Raman is the son of former Tamil Nadu Advocate General and former Additional Solicitor General VP Raman.
He was born on November 7, 1960. Raman obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the Loyola College in Chennai and a law degree from Madras Law College in 1984.
Following the death of his father in1989, he founded the law firm Raman and Associates.
He had appeared before the Madras High Court in several important constitutional, civil, commercial, criminal, property law, indirect tax and intellectual property matters.
In 2006, he was appointed as the Additional Advocate General by the DMK government. In 2009, the then Chief Minister M Karunanidhi elevated him to the post of the Advocate General. Raman resigned from the post in 2011 following a change of regime in the state.