The Delhi High Court has designated twelve advocates as senior counsel, out of the twenty-seven that had applied. None of the new senior counsel are women..Expectedly, the designation has created quite a buzz in the court corridors..The advocates who have been given silk are:.Satish TamtaBB GuptaSachin PuriAnil AiriNanju Ganapathy (Litigation Partner at AZB)Arun KathpaliaSunil MittalAjay BurmanSudhir MakkarArun VermaPD GuptaSanat Kumar.The designated lawyers are a mix of young and old, ranging from Sachin Puri, who enrolled with the Delhi Bar Council in 1998, to PD Gupta, who enrolled back in 1975..Last year, the Delhi High Court had made six new senior counsel, including Rekha Palli, the sole woman on the list..These designations come at a time when Chief Justice of India TS Thakur has made it clear that the Supreme Court will not have any lawyer designated until the petition filed by Senior Advocate Indira Jaising is finally decided..To be updated soon.
The Delhi High Court has designated twelve advocates as senior counsel, out of the twenty-seven that had applied. None of the new senior counsel are women..Expectedly, the designation has created quite a buzz in the court corridors..The advocates who have been given silk are:.Satish TamtaBB GuptaSachin PuriAnil AiriNanju Ganapathy (Litigation Partner at AZB)Arun KathpaliaSunil MittalAjay BurmanSudhir MakkarArun VermaPD GuptaSanat Kumar.The designated lawyers are a mix of young and old, ranging from Sachin Puri, who enrolled with the Delhi Bar Council in 1998, to PD Gupta, who enrolled back in 1975..Last year, the Delhi High Court had made six new senior counsel, including Rekha Palli, the sole woman on the list..These designations come at a time when Chief Justice of India TS Thakur has made it clear that the Supreme Court will not have any lawyer designated until the petition filed by Senior Advocate Indira Jaising is finally decided..To be updated soon.
