The Patna High Court has designated 16 lawyers including one woman as Senior Advocates..This is the first time the High Court is conferring the gown in the last 5 years. .The advocates designated are:1. Mrigank Mauli2. Amit Shrivastava 3. Kaushal Kumar Jha 4. Rajesh Kumar Singh5. Ajay Kumar Rastogi6. Mayanand Jha 7. Ajay Behari Sinha 8. Sanjay Singh9. Ashok Kumar Choudhary 10. Bindhyachal Singh11. Ajay Kumar Sinha12. Shrinandan Prasad Singh13. Rajeeva Roy 14. Dronacharya 15. Sandeep Kumar 16. Nivedita Nirvikar.The designations come after the Supreme Court was moved by a Patna High Court lawyer seeking directions to be issued to the High Court to designate eligible lawyers practicing before ot as Senior Advocates in terms of the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in the 2017 case of Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court.However, the apex court had declined to entertain the same while giving liberty to the petitioners to approach the High Court..[Read Notification]
The Patna High Court has designated 16 lawyers including one woman as Senior Advocates..This is the first time the High Court is conferring the gown in the last 5 years. .The advocates designated are:1. Mrigank Mauli2. Amit Shrivastava 3. Kaushal Kumar Jha 4. Rajesh Kumar Singh5. Ajay Kumar Rastogi6. Mayanand Jha 7. Ajay Behari Sinha 8. Sanjay Singh9. Ashok Kumar Choudhary 10. Bindhyachal Singh11. Ajay Kumar Sinha12. Shrinandan Prasad Singh13. Rajeeva Roy 14. Dronacharya 15. Sandeep Kumar 16. Nivedita Nirvikar.The designations come after the Supreme Court was moved by a Patna High Court lawyer seeking directions to be issued to the High Court to designate eligible lawyers practicing before ot as Senior Advocates in terms of the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in the 2017 case of Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court.However, the apex court had declined to entertain the same while giving liberty to the petitioners to approach the High Court..[Read Notification]
