The Court was hearing a batch of pleas regarding the process of Senior Counsel designations.
Among them is an application moved by the Supreme Court Advocate-on-Record Association (SCAORA) seeking a direction to the Committee for Designation of Senior Advocates (CDSA) to conclude without delay the process of designating Senior Advocates to the top court from applications that were invited in February 2022.
The SCAORA application states that pursuant to the 2017 judgment in the case of Indira Jaising, the Supreme Court had framed the Supreme Court Guidelines to Regulate Conferment of Designation of Senior Advocate, 2018.
Under the same, the CDSA was required to meet at least twice a year. However, after 2019, the next round of applications was sought only in February 2022, and the latter is yet to be completed, it was pointed out.
Source: Barandbench
