The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday designated 39 lawyers as Senior Advocates. 10 out of the 39 are women. .The decision was ratified at a full court meeting held earlier today. The lawyers who have been conferred the gown are:1. Abhimanyu Bhandari, Advocate 2. Dr. Anindita Pujari, Advocate-on-Record 3. Aniruddha Anant Joshi, Advocate 4. Aparna Bhat TG, Advocate-on-Record 5. Ashok Panigrahi, Advocate-on-Record 6. Davinder Pal Singh, Advocate 7. B Balaji, Advocate-on-Record 8. Bansuri Swaraj, Advocate 9. Gaurav Sharma, Advocate-on-Record 10. Indra Sawhney, Advocate-on-Record 11. Kavita Jha, Advocate-on-Record 12. Kawaljit Kochar, Advocate 13. Mahesh Chandra Dhingra, Advocate-on-Record 14. Manish Goswami, Advocate 15. Manisha T Karia, Advocate-on-Record 16. Md. Rafat Shamshad [MR Shamshad], Advocate-on-Record 17. Dr. Monika Gusain, Advocate-on-Record 18. Nachiketa Sudhakar Joshi, Advocate-on-Record 19. Nalin Kohli, Advocate 20. Ngangom Junior, Advocate 21. Parameshwar K, Advocate-on-Record 22. Prasenjit Keswani, Advocate 23. Puneet Jain, Advocate 24. Purvish Jitendra Malkan, Advocate-on-Record 25. R Nedumaran, Advocate-on-Record 26. Rahul Kaushik, Advocate-on-Record 27. Rishi Malhotra, Advocate-on-Record 28. Romy Chacko, Advocate-on-Record 29. Ruchi Kohli, Advocate-on-Record 30. Rudreshwar Singh, Advocate 31. Seshadri Sekhar Ray (SS Ray), Advocate 32. Shadan Farasat, Advocate-on-Record 33. Shanthkumar V Mahale, Advocate 34. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Advocate 35. Shashi Kiran, Advocate-on-Record 36. Shekara Gowda (Shekhar G Devasa), Advocate-on-Record 37. Uday Bhaskar Dube, Advocate-on-Record 38. Vishnu Mehra, Advocate 39. Yashraj Singh Deora, Advocate-on-Record .138 lawyers, 68 of whom are Advocates-On-Record (AoRs), had applied for the senior gown.Bar & Bench has learnt that out of this list, 71 had been shortlisted for interviews.The Court had in January this year designated 56 lawyers as Senior Advocates, including 11 women. The earlier round of senior designations before that was done in December 2021, when 18 lawyers were conferred the gown..[Read list]
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday designated 39 lawyers as Senior Advocates. 10 out of the 39 are women. .The decision was ratified at a full court meeting held earlier today. The lawyers who have been conferred the gown are:1. Abhimanyu Bhandari, Advocate 2. Dr. Anindita Pujari, Advocate-on-Record 3. Aniruddha Anant Joshi, Advocate 4. Aparna Bhat TG, Advocate-on-Record 5. Ashok Panigrahi, Advocate-on-Record 6. Davinder Pal Singh, Advocate 7. B Balaji, Advocate-on-Record 8. Bansuri Swaraj, Advocate 9. Gaurav Sharma, Advocate-on-Record 10. Indra Sawhney, Advocate-on-Record 11. Kavita Jha, Advocate-on-Record 12. Kawaljit Kochar, Advocate 13. Mahesh Chandra Dhingra, Advocate-on-Record 14. Manish Goswami, Advocate 15. Manisha T Karia, Advocate-on-Record 16. Md. Rafat Shamshad [MR Shamshad], Advocate-on-Record 17. Dr. Monika Gusain, Advocate-on-Record 18. Nachiketa Sudhakar Joshi, Advocate-on-Record 19. Nalin Kohli, Advocate 20. Ngangom Junior, Advocate 21. Parameshwar K, Advocate-on-Record 22. Prasenjit Keswani, Advocate 23. Puneet Jain, Advocate 24. Purvish Jitendra Malkan, Advocate-on-Record 25. R Nedumaran, Advocate-on-Record 26. Rahul Kaushik, Advocate-on-Record 27. Rishi Malhotra, Advocate-on-Record 28. Romy Chacko, Advocate-on-Record 29. Ruchi Kohli, Advocate-on-Record 30. Rudreshwar Singh, Advocate 31. Seshadri Sekhar Ray (SS Ray), Advocate 32. Shadan Farasat, Advocate-on-Record 33. Shanthkumar V Mahale, Advocate 34. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Advocate 35. Shashi Kiran, Advocate-on-Record 36. Shekara Gowda (Shekhar G Devasa), Advocate-on-Record 37. Uday Bhaskar Dube, Advocate-on-Record 38. Vishnu Mehra, Advocate 39. Yashraj Singh Deora, Advocate-on-Record .138 lawyers, 68 of whom are Advocates-On-Record (AoRs), had applied for the senior gown.Bar & Bench has learnt that out of this list, 71 had been shortlisted for interviews.The Court had in January this year designated 56 lawyers as Senior Advocates, including 11 women. The earlier round of senior designations before that was done in December 2021, when 18 lawyers were conferred the gown..[Read list]