6 March 2024 8:48 AM GMT
In a significant development, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Supreme Court judges have conferred Senior Designation on five more Advocates on Record/ Advocates. The notification came following a full court meeting held today (Wednesday, 06 March 2024).
The names of these advocates are:
1. Mr Rajesh Mahale, Advocate-on-Record
2. Mr PV Dinesh, Advocate-on-Record
3. Mr Harinder Mohan Singh (HM Singh), Advocate-on-Record
4. Ms Kaveeta Wadia, Advocate-on-Record
5. Mr S Nandakumar, Advocate
The concerned notification reads as:
On January 19, the Supreme Court conferred senior designations on 56 advocates. Senior designations took place in the Supreme Court after a gap of five years. Further, this is also the first time that senior designations have been decided based on the modified guidelines framed as per the judgment passed by the Supreme Court last year in its 2017 judgment (Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India).