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CIVIL - Senior Lawyer Designation: SC Expresses Displeasure Over Lawyer's Taking Name of Senior Advocate(06.03.2019)

Supreme Court has expressed displeasure over a lawyer's reference of noted jurist Fali S Nariman in his contention to buttress that sons and daughters.....

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Calcutta HC Directs Amendment of Senior Designation Guidelines(01.02.2019)

Calcutta High Court has observed that condition stipulating regular practice in high court for being considered for designation as a senior advocate s.....

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CIVIL - SC Dismisses Petition to Abolish Senior Designation of Advocates(12.03.2019)

Supreme Court has dismissed petition by National Lawyers' Campaign for abolition of the practise of giving senior designation to advocates.

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Kerala HC: Senior Designation Can’t be Claimed as a Matter of Right(18.08.2017)

Kerala High Court has observed that an advocate can neither consider it to be his right to be declared as a senior advocate nor can he claim as a matt.....

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Orissa HC Strikes Down Rule Allowing Senior Designation Without Proposal/ Application(11.05.2021)

Orissa High Court has struck down Rule 6(9) of the 'High Court of Orissa (Designation of Senior Advocate) Rules, 2019' which confers power on the Full.....

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Supreme Court: Inform All High Courts About Pendency of 'Senior Designation' Matter(24.04.2017)

Supreme Court has asked Secretary General of the Court to inform all High Courts about pendency of ‘senior designation’ matter before it.

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Notifications & Circulars

Designating all CJM Courts of Chhattisgarh as Special Courts for the purposes of Sec. 280A of IT Act, 1961 & Sec. 84 of Black Money Act, 2015(22.08.2022)

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 280A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) read with section 84 of the Black Mone.....

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Kerala High Court Directs Government Pleaders to Remove Designation from Number Plates(08.07.2021)

Kerala High Court has directed all Government Pleaders to remove their designations from the number plates of their vehicles within one week, stating .....

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Patna High Court Confers Senior Designation on 16 Advocates Only One Woman Finds Place in List(20.07.2021)

Patna High Court has conferred senior designation on 16 advocates in the Full Court meeting held on Monday. Advocate Nivedita Nirvikar is the only wom.....

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SC Issues Tough Guidelines to Give Lawyers 'Senior Designation', Interview Must(12.10.2017)

Supreme Court has laid down criteria for Senior Designations which will be applicable to all High Courts and the Supreme Court. "Conferring senior adv.....

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SC: No ‘Senior Advocate’ Designation Till Scrutiny of Process(19.04.2016)

SC has put on hold use of its discretionary power to confer coveted 'senior advocate' designation on lawyers as recognition of their ability, court c.....

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SC Issues Notice on Calcutta HC's Challenge Against Judgment Modifying Senior Designation Guidelines(15.01.2020)

Supreme Court has issued a notice on a Petition filed by the Calcutta High Court challenging its own judgment that allowed in part the challenge to it.....

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Karnataka High Court Upholds Conferment of Senior Designation on 18 Advocates(03.02.2020)

Karnataka High Court has disposed of a batch of Public Interest Litigations to uphold the notification issued by it on November 16, 2018, conferring s.....

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Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Senior Designation of Yatin Oza For 2 Years(28.10.2021)

Supreme Court has temporarily restored the senior designation of Yatin Oza for a period of two years. The Court has passed the order in an appeal file.....

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Supreme Court Notifies Senior Designation Guidelines(07.08.2018)

Supreme Court has notified the guidelines for designation of lawyers and advocates-on-record as Senior Advocates.

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