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Supreme Court:<\/span> A three-Judge Bench of Abhay S Oka, Ujjal Bhuyan, and SVN Bhatti, JJ. issued fresh guidelines for Senior Advocate designations and directed that the point-based assessment by the Permanent Committee, evolved in Indira Jaising<\/span> v. Supreme Court of India<\/span>, (2017) 9 SCC 766<\/a> and Indira Jaising<\/span> v. Supreme Court of India<\/span>, (2023) 8 SCC 1<\/a> be departed with.<\/p>\n

In the 2023 judgment, the point-based assessment system was revisited and amended as follows<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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  1. \n

    Number of years of practice of the applicant-Advocate from the date of enrolment. (10 points for 10 years of practice and 1 point each for every additional year of practice, subject to a maximum of 20 points).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    Judgments reported and unreported (excluding orders that do not lay down any principle of law); Pro bono work done by the Advocate; domain expertise of the applicant-Advocate, subject to a maximum of 50 points.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Publication of academic articles, experience of teaching assignments in the field of law, guest lectures delivered in law schools and professional institutions connected with law, subject to a maximum of 5 points.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \n

    The test of personality and suitability on the basis of interviews for a holistic assessment of the applicant, subject to 25 points.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    [Kalla v. State (Govt.) NCT of Delhi, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1099<\/a>, Decided on: 13-05-2025<\/span>]<\/p>\n

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

    The Bench directed all the High Courts to amend the existing rules in accordance with the Judgment within four months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67517,"featured_media":347653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1188,2],"tags":[72244,62075,37644,43234,81965,5363],"class_list":["post-347647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot_off_the_press","category-news","tag-justice-abhay-oka","tag-justice-svn-bhatti","tag-justice-ujjal-bhuyan","tag-senior-advocate-designation","tag-senior-advocate-indira-jaising","tag-supreme-court"],"yoast_head":"\nSC issues new guidelines for Senior Advocate designations, removes marking system | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Supreme Court issues new guidelines for Senior Advocate designations, removes marking system\" 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