In a notable move, the Supreme Court of India conferred the senior designation upon 11 women lawyers on Friday. This is a significant milestone, as only a dozen women advocates have received this honour since the establishment of the Supreme Court in 1950, news agency ANI reported. In addition, the court also bestowed senior designation upon 45 other male advocates. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud led a committee that interviewed over 200 applicants for senior advocates.
A total of 56 lawyers, including 11 women and 34 first-generation legal practitioners, were granted the esteemed status of senior advocate during a full-court meeting held on Friday. This decision came into effect on January 19, 2024, as per an official notification issued by the Supreme Court, ANI reported.
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According to ANI’s report, Justice Indu Malhotra, a retired judge of the Supreme Court, had previously made history in 2007 as the first lawyer to be designated as a senior advocate by the Supreme Court. This landmark achievement occurred 57 years after the establishment of the Supreme Court.
The 11 accomplished women lawyers who received 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 of India in a full-court meeting held on Friday, January 19, 2024, have been pleased to designate the following advocates-on record/advocates as senior advocates with effect from January 19, 2024,” a notification by the apex court read, as per ANI.
Approximately half of the 56 designated lawyers are first-generation legal practitioners, the report stated.
Other advocates who received the senior designation include Mohd Shoeb Alam, Sunil Fernandes, Gaurav Aggarwal, Amit Anand Tiwari, Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, Gagan Gupta, and Dr Joseph Aristotle S.
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