Supreme Court bars Senior Counsel from oral mentioning from 2 November, encourages junior counsel
The circular follows the Court’s November 2025 directions prescribing procedures for mentioning urgent fresh, after-notice and regular hearing matters.
Senior Counsel
Supreme Court regulates Oral Mentioning of matters before CJI; Revised process to take effect from 1-12-2025
It was clarified that in view of the Circular regarding automatic listing of all matters of urgent nature and other matters, no mentioning for listing of such cases shall be permitted.
Designation as Senior Counsel is a distinction conferred based upon the opinion of the Court and can’t be claimed as a matter of right
Kerala High Court: In an intra court appeal filed by an advocate, P.B. Sahasranaman, against the judgment of a Single Judge Bench