![26 Advocates designated as 'Senior Advocate' by Jammu and Kashmir High Court [READ NOTIFICATION]](/secure/uploads/2020/12/lj_3852_Jammu_and_Kashmir_High_Court.jpeg)
On 03 December 2020, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has designated 26 Advocates as 'Senior Advocate'
The notification issued by the Registry of the J&K High Court named the below-mentioned Advocates to be conferred with the 'Senior' title:
- Shri Abhinav Sharma
- Shri Anil Bhan
- Shri Abdul Majid Dar
- Shri Bimal Roy Jad
- Shri Chander Mohan Koul
- Shri Gagan Basotra
- Shri Javed Ahmad Kawoosa
- Shri Mir Syed Latif
- Shri Mohammad Altaf
- Shri Mohammad Yousaf Bhat
- Shri Mohsin-ul-Showkat Qadri
- Smt. Moksha Khajuria Kazmi
- Shri Nazir Ahmad Beigh
- Shri Nissar Hussain Shah
- Shri Om Parkash Thakur
- Shri Poshker Nath Goja
- Shri Pranav Kohli
- Shri Rahul Bharti
- Shri Rahul Pant
- Shri Rajiv Jain
- Shri Rohit Kapoor
- Mrs. Seema Khajooria Shekher
- Shri Showkat Ahmad Makroo
- Shri Syed Faisal Qadri
- Shri Vikram Sharma
- Shri Wasim Sadiq Narga
The notification was issued by the Registrar General Jawad Ahmed.
The notification was subjected to furnishing of undertaking in terms of Rule (4) of the Criteria for Designating Senior Advocates, 2018:
Rule 4 states that an advocate who has been designated as "Senior Advocate" shall furnish an undertaking that:
- He/she will abide by the rules regulating the practice of Senior Advocates
- He will not draft or file pleadings in any Courts and shall in all cases be assisted by another Advocate
- He/she shall not directly give consultation to any litigant
