[dropcap]T[/dropcap]HE Himachal Pradesh High Court has designated a total of 17 lawyers as senior advocates. A notification to this effect has been issued by the Registrar General of the High Court on March 29, 2019. The following advocates have been conferred with the distinction:
- Anoop Chitkara
- Anand Sharma
- Ajay Sharma
- Ashok Kumar Sud
- Brij Mohan Chauhan
- Biranchi Narayan Misra
- Nareshwar Singh Chandel
- Neeraj Gupta
- Rajiv Jiwan
- Rajnish Maniktala
- Ranjan Sharma
- Sanjeev Kuthiala
- Suryanarayan Singh
- Suresh Chander Sharma
- Sunita Sharma
- Virender Singh Chauhan
- Sudhir Thakur
Only one woman lawyer, Sunita Sharma, has been designated as a senior advocate.
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The Himachal Pradesh High Court had on December 11, 2018 notified the guidelines for the conferment of senior designation in keeping with the Supreme Court’s decision dated October 12, 2017 in Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India. On December 12, 2018, the High Court had invited applications from advocates who were willing to be considered for the senior designation.
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In 2015, Senior Advocate Indira Jaising had approached the Supreme Court seeking a fair and transparent procedure for the designation of senior advocates. A three-judge bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi (current CJI), Rohinton F Nariman and Navin Sinha in a landmark judgment on October 12, 2017 had ruled that the process of designation would be dealt with by a committee that would follow a point-based format for the assessment of applications.
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Read the list of senior advocates
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