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Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: December 02, 2024 To December 08, 2024

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Index Citations Ashok v. State of Uttar Pradesh, Criminal Appeal No. Case Details: Irfan Khan v. State Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 945 The Supreme Court quashed the Arms Act case against the person accused of possessing a buttondar knife. Setting aside the High Court's decision, Mehta J. in the judgment observed that "the notification whereby, a buttondar knife having blade dimensions …

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Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Delhi High Court's Decision To Confer Senior Designations On 70 Advocates

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A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the recent communication by the Delhi High Court on Senior Advocate designation conferred to 70 lawyers. Notably, by a notification dated November 29, the Delhi High Court designated the names of 70 lawyers as Senior Advocates. This was after Delhi High Court's Permanent Committee recommended names of 71 lawyers for …

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Delhi HC notifies 70 senior advocates amid questions on transparency

Hindustan Times

The Delhi high court on Sunday evening notified the designation of 70 lawyers as senior advocates, despite a shadow of controversy hanging over the process after a key member of the permanent committee refused to sign the final list, claiming that it was sent ahead without his final consent, and subsequently resigned in protest. The present controversy has unfolded against …

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Delhi High Court Designates 70 Lawyers As Senior Advocates

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he Delhi High Court has designated names of 70 lawyers as Senior Advocates. This was after Delhi High Court's Permanent Committee recommended names of 71 lawyers for being designated as Senior Advocates after interviewing more than 300 lawyers. The name of the lawyers are as follows: •⁠ ⁠Mr.Abhijat •⁠ ⁠Mr.Abhishek Malhotra •⁠ ⁠Mr.Aditya Narain •⁠ ⁠Mr.Ajay Arora •⁠ ⁠Mr.Amit Chadha …

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Delhi HC: Controversy casts shadow over process for senior advocate designation

Hindustan Times

The process of designating senior advocates in the Delhi high court has plunged into controversy with a key member of the permanent committee refusing to sign the final list of lawyers slated for the prestigious title claiming that the same was never finalised and sent ahead without his consent. This unprecedented development casts a shadow over the process and the …

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Delhi High Court's Permanent Committee Recommends Names Of 71 Lawyers For Being Designated As Senior Advocates

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Delhi High Court's Permanent Committee has recommended the names of 71 lawyers for being designated as Senior Advocates after intervening more than 300 lawyers. The Committee comprises of Chief Justice Manmohan, Justice Vibhu Bakhru, Justice Yashwant Varma, Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma, Senior Advocate Sudhir Nandrajog and Senior Advocate Mohit Mathur. The name of the lawyers are as follows: - …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Calcutta High Court Designates 81 Lawyers As Senior Advocates After Gap Of 8 Years

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The Calcutta High Court on November 26th, released a notice designating 81 lawyers as Senior Advocates after eight years. The Registrar General notified that the remaining 48 candidates would be considered at the full court meeting in April 2025.The notification dated 26th November stated: "In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the Advocates Act, 1961 read with …

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Calcutta High Court Designates 81 Lawyers As Senior Advocates After Gap Of 8 Years

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The Calcutta High Court on November 26th, released a notice designating 81 lawyers as Senior Advocates after eight years. The Registrar General notified that the remaining 48 candidates would be considered at the full court meeting in April 2025.The notification dated 26th November stated: "In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the Advocates Act, 1961 read with …

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Senior Designation Procedure Needs Relook : Solicitor General Tells Supreme Court

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Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted before the Supreme Court on Monday that the procedure of conferring senior designation to advocates under Section 16 of the Advocates Act, 1961 requires a reconsideration. Referring to the Supreme Court's 2017 judgment in Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India and its subsequent refinement in 2023, he noted that the 2017 judgment may require …

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4 months, 1 week ago

BREAKING| Supreme Court Designates 39 Lawyers As Senior Advocates

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday designated 39 advocates as senior advocates.They are :1. Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Advocate-on-Record 6. Mr. Nachiketa Sudhakar Joshi, Advocate-on-Record 19. Mr. Yashraj Singh Deora, Advocate-on-Record On January 19, the Supreme Court conferred senior designations on 56 advocates. Further, this year is also the first time that senior designations have been decided based on the modified guidelines …

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8 months ago

Himachal Pradesh High Court Raps Govt For Seeking Repeated Adjourments In Pleas Challenging Dy CM, CPS Appointments

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The Himachal Pradesh High Court has come down hard on the state government for its repeated requests for adjournments in a plea challenging the appointment of the Deputy Chief Minister and six Chief Parliamentary Secretaries. The bench expressed its displeasure when the Advocate General, who was supposed to represent the state government in court, expressed his inability to argue the …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

'Vision 2047': Madhya Pradesh HC Vows To Ensure No Case In State Remains Pending For Beyond A Year From Its Institution By 2047

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On the auspicious occasion of the 75th Republic Day, the Madhya Pradesh High Court announced the launch of the 'Vision 2047', an initiative to celebrate 2047, the 100th year of Independence in a "contributory way" by ensuring that no case remains pending for beyond a year from its institution at Madhya Pradesh.Releasing a special note on this occasion, Chief Justice …

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11 months ago

Supreme Court Designates 56 Advocates As Senior Advocates

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The Supreme Court on Friday designated 56 advocates as senior advocates. Eleven out of them are women.It is after 5 years that the Supreme Court is conferring senior designations. Last time, in March 2019, 37 advocates, including 6 women, were conferred with senior designations. This is also the first time that senior designations have been decided based on the modified …

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Calcutta High Court Initiates Process To Designate Counsels As Senior Advocates After 5-Yr Gap, 136 Candidates Shortlisted

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Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam on Friday informed advocates that after a five-year hiatus, the High Court was in the process of recommencing the process of designating advocates as senior advocates.On mentioning by a Senior Advocate about the list of advocates for designation as seniors pending before the CJ, Justice Sivagnanam said, "Actually the development is, in line …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Practice Of Conferring Senior Designation On Advocates Not Arbitrary Or Unreasonable : Supreme Court Rejects Challenge

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The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the practice of designating senior advocates, affirming the constitutional validity of Sections 16 and 23 of the Advocates Act, 1961. Section 16 of the Advocates Act says, "there shall be two classes of advocates, namely, senior advocates and other advocates" and says that the Supreme Court and the High Courts can confer senior. Section …

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1 year, 7 months ago

No Strict Age Bar Of 45 Years For Senior Designation, But Only Exceptional Advocates Be Designated Below This Age : Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court, on Friday, clarified that it is not in favour of restricting conferment of designation of Senior Advocate only to Advocates who are above 45 years of age. “While we would not like to restrict applications only to advocates who are above 45 years of age, only exceptional advocates should be designated below this age”, said a Bench …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Digest (13th March 2023-19th March 2023)

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Telangana CM's daughter and Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K. Kavitha has moved the Supreme Court challenging ED summons in relation to the Delhi Excise Policy case. The Supreme Court directed the Madhya Pradesh High Court to comply with the directions of the Apex Court in All India Judges’ Association And Ors. Chief Justice of Kenya Martha K. Koome was present …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Lawyer Moves Supreme Court Challenging System of Designating Senior Advocates

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A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court for a declaration that the designation of advocates as senior advocates under Sections 16 and 23 of the Advocates Act, 1961, as well as under Rule 2 of Chapter-IV of the Supreme Court Rules, 2013, creating a special class of advocates with special rights, privileges and status not available to …

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1 year, 9 months ago

SCBA Drops Move To Pass Resolutions Against Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and NK Kaul

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Following the opposition by many lawyers, including several prominent Senior Advocates, the Executive Committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association decided to cancel the General Body Meeting which was convened tomorrow to discuss the resolutions proposed against Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and Neeraj Kisan Kaul.The proposed resolutions sought to reprimand Sibal and Kaul for apologising to. Following the opposition by …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Senior Designation: Supreme Court To Commence Hearing Of Plea Seeking Reforms On 22nd February, 2023

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On Thursday, the Supreme Court indicated that it is to commence with the hearing of the petition filed by Senior Advocate Indira Jaising seeking reforms in the process of designation of Senior Advocate on Wednesday. Senior Advocate, Mr. Vikas Singh appearing for the Supreme Court Bar Association and Senior Advocate, Mr. Aman Lekhi appearing for the Supreme Court Advocate-on-Record Association …

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Madras HC Senior Designations : Supreme Court Refuses Urgent Hearing For Plea Highlighting Low Women Representation

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A plea seeking intervention of the Supreme Court of India in Senior Advocate designations in the Madras High Court owing to low representation of women in the posts was mentioned before the bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha on Wednesday. At the outset, the counsel, while mentioning the issue, submitted that only three women were being …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Dismisses Advocate's Plea Challenging Exclusion From Delhi HC Senior Designations

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The Supreme Court, on Thursday, dismissed the plea of an Advocate challenging the procedure adopted by Delhi High Court while designating 55 advocates as Senior Advocates out of total of 237 applicants. The petitioner-in-person, Advocate Harvinder Chowdhury submitted that she was aggrieved by the not being appointed as a Senior Advocate despite being fit for the role. The instant petition …

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2 years, 3 months ago

“No social justice in the appointment of judges to the higher judiciary”

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Published : Aug 28, 2022 17:00 IST Fundamental to protecting the rule of law in any functioning democracy is a free and fair judiciary. As Justice Krishna Iyer once commented, “There is one Supreme Court in Delhi, but within that there are 34 Supreme Courts.” Since the executive led by the political leadership did not enunciate any clear policies to …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Manipur High Court Notifies 'HC (Designation Of Senior Advocates) Rules 2022'

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The Manipur High Court has notified the High Court Of Manipur Rules, 2022 in the exercise of its powers conferred by Section 34 read with Section 16 of the Advocates Act, 1961, and in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court of India.The Rules provide that High Court may designate an Advocate as Senior Advocate, if in …

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Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: December 02, 2024 To December 08, 2024

Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Delhi High Court's Decision To Confer Senior Designations On 70 Advocates

Delhi HC notifies 70 senior advocates amid questions on transparency

Delhi High Court Designates 70 Lawyers As Senior Advocates

Delhi HC: Controversy casts shadow over process for senior advocate designation

Delhi High Court's Permanent Committee Recommends Names Of 71 Lawyers For Being Designated As Senior Advocates

Calcutta High Court Designates 81 Lawyers As Senior Advocates After Gap Of 8 Years

Calcutta High Court Designates 81 Lawyers As Senior Advocates After Gap Of 8 Years

Senior Designation Procedure Needs Relook : Solicitor General Tells Supreme Court

BREAKING| Supreme Court Designates 39 Lawyers As Senior Advocates

Himachal Pradesh High Court Raps Govt For Seeking Repeated Adjourments In Pleas Challenging Dy CM, CPS Appointments

'Vision 2047': Madhya Pradesh HC Vows To Ensure No Case In State Remains Pending For Beyond A Year From Its Institution By 2047

Supreme Court Designates 56 Advocates As Senior Advocates

Calcutta High Court Initiates Process To Designate Counsels As Senior Advocates After 5-Yr Gap, 136 Candidates Shortlisted

Practice Of Conferring Senior Designation On Advocates Not Arbitrary Or Unreasonable : Supreme Court Rejects Challenge

No Strict Age Bar Of 45 Years For Senior Designation, But Only Exceptional Advocates Be Designated Below This Age : Supreme Court

Supreme Court Weekly Digest (13th March 2023-19th March 2023)

Lawyer Moves Supreme Court Challenging System of Designating Senior Advocates

SCBA Drops Move To Pass Resolutions Against Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and NK Kaul

Senior Designation: Supreme Court To Commence Hearing Of Plea Seeking Reforms On 22nd February, 2023

Madras HC Senior Designations : Supreme Court Refuses Urgent Hearing For Plea Highlighting Low Women Representation

Supreme Court Dismisses Advocate's Plea Challenging Exclusion From Delhi HC Senior Designations

“No social justice in the appointment of judges to the higher judiciary”

Manipur High Court Notifies 'HC (Designation Of Senior Advocates) Rules 2022'