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Section 16(2) of the Advocates Act, 1961 provides that- an advocate may, with his consent, be designated as senior advocate if the Supreme Court or a High Court is of the opinion that by virtue of his ability, standing at the Bar or special knowledge or experience in law he is deserving of such distinction.
The Advocates who secured above 50 points were recommended for designation as Senior Advocates by the Permanent Committee.
The Delhi High Court has deferred the designation of 67 Advocates as Senior.
This House Believes That Mandatory Mediation Should Precede Arbitration in Resolving Commercial Disputes
The newly designated Senior Advocates have been designated with effect from 14-08-2024.
(Left to Right – Mr. Tariq Khan, Registrar, International Arbitration and Mediation Centre, Hyderabad; Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan, Chairperson of National
“Why should our future Lawyers be made to undergo the same difficulties we encountered? Why can’t we come together to provide them with a safe and robust ecosystem? This should be the vision we must create for ourselves in today’s time and age”
The decision to designate 5 Senior Advocates was taken in a Full Court meeting presided by Dr Justice DY Chandrachud, the Chief Justice of India.
In a full Court meeting on 19-01-2024, presided by the Chief Justice of India, Dr. DY Chandrachud designated Advocates-on-Record/Advocates as Senior Advocates
The month of October was focused on the long term battle on the same- sex marriage. Take a round of all the major judicial pronouncements by the Supreme Court during this month along with some never reported judgments and write ups on the Supreme Court Judges through the know-thy Judge segment.
“There has been large growth in the legal profession of first- generation lawyers making their mark, some of them young ones, coming from National Law Schools and other prominent Law Schools”.
About MNLU Mumbai Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai, established under the Maharashtra National Law University Act 2014 on 20th March 2014, is
Delhi High Court: In a PIL filed by Pankaj Kumar, a young advocate of 29 years of age, enrolled with Delhi Bar
7 former Chief Justices/Judges of High Courts and 18 Advocates-on-Record/Advocates have been designated as Senior Advocates with effect from 8-12-2021. S. No.
Delhi High Court: While dismissing the matter, Suresh Kumar Kait, J., stated that a very unpleasant situation came before the Court during the
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 16 (2) of the Advocates Act, 1961 and in accordance with the Rules framed
In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 16 of the Advocates Act, 1961 read with Rule 7(1) of the High Court
High Court of Gujarat in a Full Court meeting on 13-08-2019, has designated 12 Advocates as Senior Advocates, which are as follows:
On 27-03-2019, Supreme Court of India has designated a total number of 37 Advocates as Senior Advocates. Below is the list of
Supreme Court: Holding advocate Mathew Nedumpara guilty of contempt, the bench of RF Nariman and Vineet Saran, JJ has barred Nedumpara from practicing