Delhi High Court Designates 85 Lawyers As Senior Advocates

The Delhi High Court has approved the designation of 85 lawyers as Senior Advocates following a Full Court meeting convened to consider the recommendations of the Committee for Designation of Senior Advocates.

Earlier today, the decision was taken after the Full Court examined recommendations submitted by the designation committee, which assessed the eligibility and merit of candidates in accordance with the criteria governing the conferment of Senior Advocate status under the Advocates Act, 1961, and the principles laid down by the Supreme Court for the designation process.

A total of 231 applications were considered, but the Full Court ultimately approved the designation of 85 advocates as Senior Advocates.

The Committee for Designation of Senior Advocates comprised Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Justice V. Kameswar Rao, Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre, Delhi High Court Bar Association President N. Hariharan, Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma and Senior Advocate Sanjay Jain.

Notably last year Delhi High Court had designated 70 advocates as senior advocates. Notably, after nearly 3.5 years, the Delhi High Court designated 70 lawyers, including 12 women, as senior advocates.

The senior designation was then conferred by a permanent committee comprising Chief Justice Manmohan, the next two senior most judges of the High Court, Vibhu Bakhru and Yashwant Varma, Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma and senior advocates Sudhir Nandrajog and Mohit Mathur evaluated the candidates.