Chhattisgarh High Court Confers 'Senior Designation' On 12 Advocates

The Chhattisgarh High Court recently designated 12 lawyers as Senior Advocates. The decision was taken in exercise of powers conferred under Section 16 of the Advocates Act, 1961, read with Rule 7 of the High Court of Chhattisgarh (Designation of Senior Advocates) Rules, 2018 and in pursuance of the Judgment and Order dated October 12, 2017 of the Supreme Court of India in Indira Jaising Vs. Supreme Court of India through Secretary-General and Ors..

The High Court of Chhattisgarh in its Full Court meeting dated June 11, 2021, resolved to designate the following Advocates as Senior Advocates with immediate effect::-

1. Abhishek Sinha
2. Ashish Shrivastava
3. Fouzia Mirza
4. Govind Ram Meri
5. Kishore Bhaduri
6. Praphulla Kumar Bharat
7. Rajeev Shrivastava
8. Dr. Rajesh Kumar Pandey
9. Satish Chandra Verma
10. Sharmila Singhai
11. Vivek Ranjan Tiwari
12. Yogesh Chandra Sharma

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has recently designated 19 lawyers (including 2 women advocates) as Senior Advocates. The decision was taken at a full-court meeting held on Wednesday.

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