The Delhi High Court has officially designated 85 lawyers as Senior Advocates, a distinguished title in the legal profession. Among these newly honored professionals, 11 are women, marking a significant milestone in gender representation. The decision was finalized during a full court meeting held on Thursday evening.
Initially, a total of 231 candidates submitted their applications to be considered for this prestigious designation. These candidates underwent a rigorous evaluation process conducted by the Committee for Designation of Senior Advocates. Out of these, 86 candidates met the established criteria for receiving the Senior Advocate status. Subsequently, the full court reviewed and approved 85 names.
The Committee for Designation of Senior Advocates is composed of several esteemed members, including Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justices V Kameswar Rao and Nitin Wasudeo Sambre. It also includes representatives from the legal community such as the President of the Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA), N Hariharan, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Chetan Sharma, and Senior Advocate Sanjay Jain.
The following lawyers have been conferred the title of Senior Advocate:
Abha Malhotra, Abhimanyu Mahajan, Aman Sareen, Amar Nath Saini, Amir Zorawar S Pasrich, Amit Gupta, Amit Prasad, Amrit Kaur, Anju Bhattacharya, Ankur Chhibber, Ankur Mittal, Anupam S Sharma, Arjun Mitra, Arvind Kumar, Atul Nagarajan, Bahar Uddin, Beenashaw Nanda, Dalip Kumar Malhotra, David Robin Ratnakar, Deepak Chopra, Deepak Dhingra, Devendra Kumar, Dhanesh Relan, Gaurav Mitra, Hossain Zoheb Molazzem, Hrishikesh Baruah, Jai Kumar Mittal, Jagdev Singh, Jagjit Singh, Jaspreet Singh Rai, Jayant Tripathi, Jugal Kishore Wadhwa, Kailash Chand Mittal, Kamal Mehta, Kanika Agnihotri, Kuljeet Rawal, Kunvar Jatinder Cheema, Mamta Tiwari, Manali Singhal, Maneesha Dhir, Manish Kumar Bishnoi, Monazir Ahsan Niyazi, Murari Tiwari, Navin Kumar, Neeraj Chaudhari, Neeraj Grover, Niki Kantawala, Nitesh Kumar Rana, Om Prakash, Pavan Duggal, Prashant Mehta, Prosenjeet Banerjee, Rajat Aneja, Rajeev Kumar Awasthi, Rajesh Mahajan, Rajesh Mohan, Rajeshwari N, Rakesh Khanna, Dr Rakesh Kumar Dhawan, Dr Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Ramesh Babu MR, Ranvir Singh, Samar Bansal, Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra, Sangeeta Bharti, Sanjay Lao, Sanjiv Bahl, Sanjeev Bhandari, Sanjeev Mahajan, Santosh Kumar, Satyakam, Saurav Anand Prakash, Shailesh Kumar Kapoor, Shanker Raju, Shri Singh, Sonal Kumar Singh, Subedar Singh, Sujoy Chander Kumar, Sunil Kumar Sharma, Tanoodbhav Singhdev, Tejpal Singh Kang, Varun Goswami, Vipul Virender Ganda, Vishal Gosain, and Warisha Farasat.
