Attorney General of India is elected by the President of India under Article 76(1) of the Indian Constitution and carries department around the contentment of the President. He must be an individual well qualified to be elected as a Judge of the Supreme Court. The 15th & current Attorney General of India is K. K. Venugopal.

The President nominates the Attorney General (AG). An individual who is elected should be qualified to be elected a judge of the Supreme Court of India. That averages, he should be a resident of India as well as a judge of a similar high court for 5 years or an advocate of some high court for 10 years or should be an eminent jurist, in the viewpoint of the president of India.

The legislation does not deliver for an overhauled term to the AG. So, he clenches the office during the pleasure of the president. He can be eliminated by the president at any moment. There is no method or ground illustrated in the constitution for his elimination.