
Supreme Court scraps point-based system for senior advocate designations, directs High Courts to revise rules
The Bench directed all the High Courts to amend the existing rules in accordance with the Judgment within four months.
The Bench directed all the High Courts to amend the existing rules in accordance with the Judgment within four months.
The Bench was dealing with the issue of whether the law and the procedure laid down by the Court regarding the designation of Advocates as Senior Advocates under Section 16 of the Advocates Act, 1961 required reconsideration.
Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of Sonia Gokani and N.V. Anjaria, JJ., while rejecting the unconditional apology of the Yatin Oza, observed
Gujarat High Court’s Full Court rejects Yatin Oza’s apology and denied to re-confer him Senior Designation. On 21-07-2020, Senior Advocate Yatin Oza