Breaking: Supreme Court Designates 7 Retired HC CJs/Judges And 18 Lawyers As Senior Advocates

The Supreme Court of India has notified that 7 former Chief Justices/ Judges of the High Court and 18 Advocates On Record/Advocates have been designated as Senior Advocates with effect from December 8, 2021.

The decision has been taken by the Chief Justice of India and Judges of the Supreme Court in the full court meeting held on December 8th 2021.

A letter has been addressed regarding the same by the Secretary of the Committee for Designation of Senior Advocates to the Registrar Generals of all High Courts , Secretary Bar Council of India and Secretaries of all State Bar Councils.

According to the letter, the designation has been done under Section 16(2) of the Advocates Act, Supreme Court Rules 2013, and Supreme Court Guidelines to Regulate Conferment of Designation of Senior Advocates 2018 framed in terms of the judgement passed in the case of Indira Jaising vs Supreme Court of India.

Former High Court Chief Justices/ Judges Designated As Senior Advocates:

Justice J. N. Bhatt

Justice Surendra Kumar

Justice S.K Gangele

Justice Vinod Prasad

Justice L. Narasimha Reddy

Justice A.I.S. Cheema

Justice Noushad Ali

Advocates on Record/ Advocates Designated As Senior Advocates:

Mr. Ravi Prakash Mehrotra, Mr. S. Narasimha Bhat, Dr. Krishan Singh Chauhan, Mr. Vishwajit Singh, Mr. Devendra Nath Goburdhun, Mr. Vijay Panjwani, Mr. Pradeep Kumar Dey, Mr. Annam D. N. Rao, Ms. Rachana Srivastava, Mr. Anil Kumar Sangal, Mr. Rajiv Nanda, Mr. Arunabha Chowdhury, Mr. Ravindra Kumar, Mr. Vijay Kumar, Mr. Manoj Goel, Mr. Yadavilli Prabhakara Rao, Mr. G. Umapathy and Mr. P. Niroop

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