11 women among 56 made senior advocates by Supreme Court

New Delhi, January 20

The Supreme Court has designated 56 lawyers, including 11 women lawyers, as senior advocates.

“The Chief Justice of India and the judges of the Supreme Court of India in a full court meeting held on January 19 have been pleased to designate the following advocates-on record/advocates as senior advocates with effect from January 19,” the top court said.

This is the first time that such a large number of lawyers are designated as senior advocates in one go. In 2021, the top court had designated 18 lawyers as senior advocates.

As many as 34 of the newly designated senior advocates, including 8 women, were first generation advocates.

Those designated as senior advocates included Gaurav Agrawal, Mohd Shoeb Alam, Amit Anand Tiwari, Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, Sunil Fernandes, Tapesh Kumar Singh and Gagan Gupta. The woman advocates included Shobha Gupta, Karuna Nundy, Swarupama Chaturvedi, Archana Pathak Dave and Shirin Khajuria.