Today (August 14, 2024, Wednesday), the Supreme Court (SC) of India designated 39 Advocates as Senior Advocates. Among those 39 Advocates, 10 advocates are women. This was mentioned in a notification issued by the top court containing the names of those Advocates designated as Senior Advocates. The notification reads, “In a Full Court Meeting held on Wednesday, 14 August 2024, the Chief Justice of India and the Judges of the Supreme Court of India have designated the following Advocates as Senior Advocates with effect from 14 August 2024:
- Mr. Abhimanyu Bhandari, Advocate
- Dr. (Ms.) Anindita Pujari, Advocate-on-Record
- Mr. Aniruddha Anant Joshi, Advocate
- Ms. Aparna Bhat T G, Advocate-on-Record
- Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Advocate-on-Record
- Mr. B. Balaji, Advocate-on-Record
- Ms. Bansuri Swaraj, Advocate
- Mr. Davinder Pal Singh, Advocate
- Mr. Gaurav Sharma, Advocate-on-Record
- Ms. Indra Sawhney, Advocate-on-Record
- Ms. Kavita Jha, Advocate-on-Record
- Ms. Kawaljit Kochar, Advocate
- Mr. Mahesh Chandra Dhingra, Advocate-on-Record
- Mr. Manish Goswami, Advocate
- Ms. Manisha T. Karia, Advocate-on-Record
- Md. Rafat Shamshad [M.R. Shamshad], Advocate-on-Record
- Dr. (Ms.) Monika Gusain, Advocate-on-Record
- Mr. Nachiketa Sudhakar Joshi, Advocate-on-Record
- Mr. Nalin Kohli, Advocate
- Mr. Ngangom Junior, Advocate
- Mr. Parameshwar K., Advocate-on-Record
- Mr. Prasenjit Keswani, Advocate
- Mr. Puneet Jain, Advocate
- Dr. Purvish Jitendra Malkan, Advocate-on-Record
- Mr. R. Nedumaran, Advocate-on-Record
- Mr. Rahul Kaushik, Advocate-on-Record
- Mr. ishi Malhotra, Advocate-on-Record
- Mr. Romy Chacko, Advocate-on-Record
- Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Advocate-on-Record
- Mr. Rudreshwar Singh, Advocate
- Mr. Seshadri Sekhar Ray (S.S. Ray), Advocate
- Mr. Shadan Farasat, Advocate-on-Record
- Mr. Shanthkumar V. Mahale, Advocate
- Mr. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, Advocate
- Ms. Shashi Kiran, Advocate-on-Record
- Mr. Shekara Gowda (Shekhar G Devasa), Advocate-on-Record
- Mr. Uday Bhaskar Dube, Advocate-on-Record
- Mr. Vishnu Mehra, Advocate
- Mr. Yashraj Singh Deora, Advocate-on-Record.”
In January this year, the SC designated 56 lawyers as Senior Advocates which include 11 women.