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Chhattisgarh High Court:<\/span> On 07-08-2025, the Full Court of Chhattisgarh High Court designated three advocates as Senior Advocates in exercise of powers conferred under section 16<\/a> of the Advocates Act, 1961<\/a>, read with Rule 7 of the High Court of Chhattisgarh (Designation of Senior Advocates) Rules, 2018, and in pursuance of the judgment in Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court of India<\/span>, (2017) 9 SCC 766<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The following advocates were hereby designated as Senior Advocates with immediate effect:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Ashok Kumar Varma<\/li>\n
  2. Manoj Vishwanath Paranjpe<\/li>\n
  3. \n

    Sunil Otwani<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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