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Supreme Court designates 39 lawyers as Senior Advocates

10 women in the list
06:42 PM Aug 14, 2024 IST | GK Web Desk
supreme court designates 39 lawyers as senior advocates
Supreme Court designates 39 lawyers as Senior Advocates
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Srinagar, Aug 14: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday designated 39 lawyers as Senior Advocates out of which 10 are women lawyers, Bar & Bench reported.

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The decision was ratified at a full court meeting held earlier today.

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The lawyers who have been conferred the gown include: Abhimanyu Bhandari, Advocate; Dr. Anindita Pujari, Advocate-on-Record; Aniruddha Anant Joshi, Advocate; Aparna Bhat TG, Advocate-on-Record; Ashok Panigrahi, Advocate-on-Record; Davinder Pal Singh, Advocate; B Balaji, Advocate-on-Record; Bansuri Swaraj, Advocate; Gaurav Sharma, Advocate-on-Record; Indra Sawhney, Advocate-on-Record; Kavita Jha, Advocate-on-Record; Kawaljit Kochar, Advocate; Mahesh Chandra Dhingra, Advocate-on-Record; Manish Goswami, Advocate; Manisha T Karia, Advocate-on-Record; Md. Rafat Shamshad [MR Shamshad], Advocate-on-Record; Dr. Monika Gusain, Advocate-on-Record; Nachiketa Sudhakar Joshi, Advocate-on-Record; Nalin Kohli, Advocate; Ngangom Junior, Advocate; Parameshwar K, Advocate-on-Record; Prasenjit Keswani, Advocate; Puneet Jain, Advocate; Purvish Jitendra Malkan, Advocate-on-Record; R Nedumaran, Advocate-on-Record; Rahul Kaushik, Advocate-on-Record; Rishi Malhotra, Advocate-on-Record; Romy Chacko, Advocate-on-Record; Ruchi Kohli, Advocate-on-Record; Rudreshwar Singh, Advocate; Seshadri Sekhar Ray (SS Ray), Advocate; Shadan Farasat, Advocate-on-Record; Shanthkumar V Mahale, Advocate; Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Advocate; Shashi Kiran, Advocate-on-Record; Shekara Gowda (Shekhar G Devasa), Advocate-on-Record; Uday Bhaskar Dube, Advocate-on-Record; Vishnu Mehra, Advocate; and Yashraj Singh Deora, Advocate-on-Record.

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138 lawyers, 68 of whom are Advocates-On-Record (AoRs), had applied for the senior gown.

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According to Bar & Bench, 71 had been shortlisted for interviews.

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The Court had in January this year designated 56 lawyers as Senior Advocates, including 11 women.

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The earlier round of senior designations before that was done in December 2021, when 18 lawyers were conferred the gown.

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