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Supreme Court Elevates 39 Lawyers to Senior Advocates, Including Bansuri Swaraj [Read List]

By Jhanak Sharma      14 August, 2024 04:31 PM      0 Comments
Supreme Court Elevates 39 Lawyers to Senior Advocates Including Bansuri Swaraj

New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday elevated 39 lawyers to the rank of Senior Advocates, with 10 of them being women. This decision was confirmed during a full court meeting held earlier today. The newly designated Senior Advocates are:

1. Abhimanyu Bhandari, Advocate 
2. Dr. Anindita Pujari, Advocate-on-Record 
3. Aniruddha Anant Joshi, Advocate 
4. Aparna Bhat TG, Advocate-on-Record 
5. Ashok Panigrahi, Advocate-on-Record 
6. Davinder Pal Singh, Advocate 
7. B Balaji, Advocate-on-Record 
8. Bansuri Swaraj, Advocate 
9. Gaurav Sharma, Advocate-on-Record 
10. Indra Sawhney, Advocate-on-Record 
11. Kavita Jha, Advocate-on-Record 
12. Kawaljit Kochar, Advocate 
13. Mahesh Chandra Dhingra, Advocate-on-Record 
14. Manish Goswami, Advocate 
15. Manisha T Karia, Advocate-on-Record 
16. Md. Rafat Shamshad [MR Shamshad], Advocate-on-Record 
17. Dr. Monika Gusain, Advocate-on-Record 
18. Nachiketa Sudhakar Joshi, Advocate-on-Record 
19. Nalin Kohli, Advocate 
20. Ngangom Junior, Advocate 
21. Parameshwar K, Advocate-on-Record 
22. Prasenjit Keswani, Advocate 
23. Puneet Jain, Advocate 
24. Purvish Jitendra Malkan, Advocate-on-Record 
25. R Nedumaran, Advocate-on-Record 
26. Rahul Kaushik, Advocate-on-Record 
27. Rishi Malhotra, Advocate-on-Record 
28. Romy Chacko, Advocate-on-Record 
29. Ruchi Kohli, Advocate-on-Record 
30. Rudreshwar Singh, Advocate 
31. Seshadri Sekhar Ray (SS Ray), Advocate 
32. Shadan Farasat, Advocate-on-Record 
33. Shanthkumar V Mahale, Advocate 
34. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Advocate 
35. Shashi Kiran, Advocate-on-Record 
36. Shekara Gowda (Shekhar G Devasa), Advocate-on-Record 
37. Uday Bhaskar Dube, Advocate-on-Record 
38. Vishnu Mehra, Advocate 
39. Yashraj Singh Deora, Advocate-on-Record

A total of 138 lawyers had applied for the senior designation, with 68 being Advocates-On-Record (AoRs). Of these, 71 were shortlisted for interviews. Earlier this year, in January, the Court had designated 56 lawyers as Senior Advocates, which included 11 women. The previous round of designations before that occurred in December 2021, when 18 lawyers were elevated to Senior Advocates.

 

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