Patna High Court Confers Senior Designation On 16 Advocates, Only One Woman Finds Place In List

The Patna High Court has conferred senior designation on 16 advocates in the Full Court meeting held on Monday. Advocate Nivedita Nirvikar is the only woman who has been designated as a Senior Advocate in the list.

The designation has been done in view of the "High Court of Judicature of Patna (Designation of Senior Advocates) Rules, 2019".

The notice issued by Registrar General of the High Court lists out the name of following advocates who have been designated as "Senior Advocates":

1. Mr . Mrigank Mauli

2. Mr. Amit Shrivastava

3. Mr. Kaushal Kumar Jha

4. Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh

5. Mr. Ajay Kumar Rastogi

6. Mr. Mayanand Jha

7. Mr. Ajay Behari Sinha

8. Mr. Sanjay Singh

9. Mr. Ashok Kumar Choudhary

10. Mr. Bindhyachal Singh

11. Mr. Ajay Kumar Sinha

12. Mr. Shrinandan Prasad Singh

13. Mr. Rajeeva Roy

14. Mr. Dronacharya Kumar

15. Mr. Sandeep Kumar

16. Mrs. Nivedita Nirvikar

Recently, the Chhattisgarh High Court has designated 12 lawyers as Senior Advocates vide a Full Court meeting dated 11th June with immediate effect.

Earlier, senior designation was also conferred by Punjab and Haryana High Court on 19 advocates including 2 women advocates.

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