The Attorney General for India is the Indian government’s chief legal advisor and is its chief advocate in the courts. They are appointed by the President of India at the instance of the Union Cabinet under Article 76(1) of the Constitution.
A person who is qualified to be the Judge of the Supreme Court of India is eligible to become the attorney general of India. The President makes the appointment in consultation with the cabinet ministry.
| Name of the Attorney General | Term | Prime Minister |
| M. C. Setalvad | 28 January 1950 – 1 March 1963 | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| C. K. Daphtary | 2 March 1963 – 30 October 1968 | Jawaharlal Nehru & Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| Niren De | 1 November 1968 – 31 March 1977 | Indira Gandhi |
| S. V. Gupte | 1 April 1977 – 8 August 1979 | Morarji Desai |
| L. N. Sinha | 9 August 1979 – 8 August 1983 | Indira Gandhi |
| K. Parasaran | 9 August 1983 – 8 December 1989 | Indira Gandhi & Rajiv Gandhi |
| Soli Sorabjee | 9 December 1989 – 2 December 1990 | V. P. Singh & Chandra Shekhar |
| G. Ramaswamy | 3 December 1990 – 23 November 1992 | Chandra Shekhar & P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Milon K. Banerji | 21 November 1992 – 8 July 1996 | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Ashok Desai | 9 July 1996 – 6 April 1998 | H. D. Devegowda & Inder Kumar Gujral |
| Soli Sorabjee | 7 April 1998 – 4 June 2004 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Milon K. Banerji | 5 June 2004 – 7 June 2009 | Manmohan Singh |
| Goolam Essaji Vahanvati | 8 June 2009 – 11 June 2014 | Manmohan Singh |
| Mukul Rohatgi | 19 June 2014 – 18 June 2017 | Narendra Modi |
| Kotayan Katankot Venugopal | 1 July 2017 – 30 September 2022 | Narendra Modi |
| R. Venkataramani | 1 October 2022 – Present | Narendra Modi |
