In a notable transfer, the Supreme Court docket of India conferred the senior designation upon 11 ladies legal professionals on Friday. It is a vital milestone, as solely a dozen ladies advocates have acquired this honour for the reason that institution of the Supreme Court docket in 1950, information company ANI reported. As well as, the courtroom additionally bestowed senior designation upon 45 different male advocates. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud led a committee that interviewed over 200 candidates for senior advocates.
A complete of 56 legal professionals, together with 11 ladies and 34 first-generation authorized practitioners, have been granted the esteemed standing of senior advocate throughout a full-court assembly held on Friday. This determination got here into impact on January 19, 2024, as per an official notification issued by the Supreme Court docket, ANI reported.
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In accordance with ANI’s report, Justice Indu Malhotra, a retired choose of the Supreme Court docket, had beforehand made historical past in 2007 as the primary lawyer to be designated as a senior advocate by the Supreme Court docket. This landmark achievement occurred 57 years after the institution of the Supreme Court docket.
The 11 achieved ladies legal professionals who acquired the senior designation on Friday are Shobha Gupta, Swarupama Chaturvedi, Liz Mathew, Karuna Nundy, Uttara Babbar, Haripriya Padmanabhan, Archana Pathak Dave, Shirin Khajuria, NS Nappinai, S Janani, and Nisha Bagchi.
“The Chief Justice of India and the judges of the Supreme Court docket of India in a full-court assembly held on Friday, January 19, 2024, have been happy to designate the next advocates-on file/advocates as senior advocates with impact from January 19, 2024,” a notification by the apex courtroom learn, as per ANI.
Roughly half of the 56 designated legal professionals are first-generation authorized practitioners, the report said.
Different advocates who acquired the senior designation embody Mohd Shoeb Alam, Sunil Fernandes, Gaurav Aggarwal, Amit Anand Tiwari, Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, Gagan Gupta, and Dr Joseph Aristotle S.