The Supreme Court Advocate on Record Association has filed an application before the Supreme court seeking direction to the Committee for Designation of Senior Advocates (CDSA) to conclude the process of appointing senior advocates. The Supreme Court has invited applications in this regard in February 2022.

The application says "that pursuant to the judgment in the case of Indira Jaising v Supreme Court of India, the Supreme Court had framed the Guidelines to Regulate "Conferment of Designation of Senior Advocate, 2018" under which the CDSA was required to meet at least twice a year.

The application further says “Clause 8 provides that each year in the month of January and July, the Secretariat of the CDSA shall invite applications from Advocates/ AoRs seeking designation as Senior Advocate. Thus, under the 2018 Guidelines, the process of designation as Senior Advocate is required to be undertaken twice a year”.

Further, the application says that "after the judgment, the process was initiated in 2018 and concluded in 2019. However, the next round of applications was sought only in February 2022. The same has not been concluded yet, it was pointed out. The said process is not yet concluded even though almost one year has elapsed, causing anxiety amongst the members of the applicant".

Case details:-

WRIT PETITION (C) NO. 454 OF 2015

Indira Jaising v Supreme Court of India