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Shah<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Vijay Dinkarrao Patil<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Sunip Kumar Sen<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Satish Laxmanrao Maneshinde<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Nandkumar Bhagwanrao Khandare<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Dinesh Sharad Purandare<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Sudesh Manohar Usgaonkar<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Sanjeev Prataprao Kadam<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Deepa Prashant Chawan<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Manjari Dhanesh Shah<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Pranav Pradyumna Badheka<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Kirtidev Girish Munshi<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001543807\" target=\"_blank\">16(2)<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002806286\" target=\"_blank\">Advocates Act, 1961<\/a> provides that- an advocate may, with his consent, be designated as senior advocate if the Supreme Court 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