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Supreme Court:<\/span> The Division Bench of Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, JJ., flagged concerns in the process for the designation of lawyers as Senior Advocates. The Bench clarified that it meant no disrespect to guidelines laid down in 2017 and 2023 in Indira Jaising<\/span> v. Supreme Court of India<\/span>, (2023) 8 SCC 1<\/a> and Indira Jaising<\/span> v. Supreme Court of India<\/span>, (2017) 9 SCC 766<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Bench opined that it raised concerns for the Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna to consider whether a larger bench needs to be constituted to decide the issues raised.<\/p>\n

The Bench expressed that an advocate cannot seek designation as ‘senior’ as it is a privilege conferred by the Supreme Court or High Court with the lawyer’s consent.<\/p>\n

It also raised concerns about the interview process of the advocates, whether it was sufficient to test their personality or suitability.<\/p>\n

[Jitender v. State (NCT of Delhi), 2025 SCC OnLine SC 377<\/a>, decided on: 20-02-2025<\/span>]<\/p>\n

Source: Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67517,"featured_media":341943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1188,2],"tags":[23104,26184,78919,45888,72244,78918,69657,43234,78917,5363,46980,78920],"class_list":["post-341938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot_off_the_press","category-news","tag-advocates-on-record","tag-code-of-conduct","tag-false-statements-in-remission-pleas","tag-indira-jaising","tag-justice-abhay-oka","tag-justice-ujjal-bhuyan-amicus-curiae-s-muralidhar","tag-scaora","tag-senior-advocate-designation","tag-solicitor-general-tushar-mehta","tag-supreme-court","tag-supreme-court-bar-association","tag-supreme-court-rules-section-16-advocates-act"],"yoast_head":"\nSupreme Court raises concerns with Senior Advocate designation process | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Supreme Court raised concerns with Senior Advocate designation process; Referred matter to CJI\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/02\/20\/supreme-court-raises-concerns-with-senior-advocate-designation-process\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Supreme Court raises concerns with Senior Advocate designation process; Refers matter to CJI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Supreme Court raised concerns with Senior Advocate designation process; Referred matter to CJI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/02\/20\/supreme-court-raises-concerns-with-senior-advocate-designation-process\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-20T11:00:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-03T10:06:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Senior-designation-process.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"886\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"590\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Supreme Court raises concerns with Senior Advocate designation process; Refers matter to CJI\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/20\\\/supreme-court-raises-concerns-with-senior-advocate-designation-process\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/20\\\/supreme-court-raises-concerns-with-senior-advocate-designation-process\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/84913f82186a8dea042dc300d5751624\"},\"headline\":\"Supreme Court raises concerns with Senior Advocate designation process; Refers matter to CJI\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-20T11:00:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-03T10:06:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/20\\\/supreme-court-raises-concerns-with-senior-advocate-designation-process\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":166,\"commentCount\":1,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/20\\\/supreme-court-raises-concerns-with-senior-advocate-designation-process\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/Senior-designation-process.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Advocates on record\",\"Code of conduct\",\"False Statements in Remission Pleas\",\"Indira Jaising\",\"Justice Abhay Oka\",\"Justice Ujjal Bhuyan Amicus Curiae S. 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