Chief Justice DN Patel to head Committee for designation of Delhi HC Senior Advocates

The Delhi High Court has notified the Committee for Designation of Senior Advocates in terms of Rule 3 of the High Court of Delhi Designation of Senior Advocate Rules, 2018. .As per a Delhi High Court circular dated October 24, the Committee comprises the following:.1. Chief Justice DN Patel as the Chairperson.2. Justice GS Sistani.3. Justice S Muralidhar .4. ASG Maninder Acharya .5. Senior Advocate Sudhir Nandrajog.6. Senior Advocate Mohit Mathur.Applications for designation as Senior Advocates were called for pursuant to the newly notified High Court of Delhi Designation of Senior Advocate Rules, 2018.The deadline for submitting applications was May 25 this year..Thereafter, a petition was filed challenging Rule 7 of the Senior Designation Rules insofar as it called for a joint proposal by three Seniors to recommend a lawyer for designation..On May 15, the Delhi High Court stayed the operation of this Rule. A Division Bench of then Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Anup J Bhambhani had thus allowed advocates to directly apply to the Committee for designation as Senior Advocates..Ultimately, on August 14, the High Court published a public notice stating that Rule 7 had been amended and that the condition of a joint proposal by three Senior Advocates had been done away with..In view of the amendment, the High Court afforded one more opportunity to advocates who are eligible and wish to apply for the Senior gown to submit their applications. Pursuant to this, the deadline for applications was extended to August 31..As per a notice published by the Secretariat of the Committee for Designation of Senior Advocates, 237 Advocates have applied for Senior Designation by the Delhi High Court..Earlier this month, suggestions and views accompanied by verifiable materials were sought in terms of Rule 8 of the High Court of Delhi Designation of Senior Advocate Rules, 2018, within four weeks from October 1..Read Circular: