In a notable development, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has designated 76 lawyers as Senior Advocates, among those elevated, five are women. 210 advocates had applied for Senior designation in 2024.The notification released by the High Court today (October 20) states that the senior Advocates are being designated subject to the condition that they would conduct 10 'Free Legal Aid' cases...
In a notable development, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has designated 76 lawyers as Senior Advocates, among those elevated, five are women. 210 advocates had applied for Senior designation in 2024.
The notification released by the High Court today (October 20) states that the senior Advocates are being designated subject to the condition that they would conduct 10 'Free Legal Aid' cases pro bono every year. Punjab Advocate General Maninderjit Singh Bedi and Advocate Sanjeev Kaushik were widely speculated to be designated suo motu as Senior Advocates; however, their names did not appear in the final list released by the High Court.
Following Lawyers are conferred Senior Designation:
1. Raj Kumar Sharma
2. Ashit Malik
3. Ranjan Kumar Handa
4. Ravi Sodhi
5. Anil Malhotra
6. Nareshinder Singh Boparai
7. Jagdish Manchanda
8. Amit Sethi
9. Ajneesh Raj Takkar
10. Sudeep Mahajan
11. Jasdeep Singh Toor
12. Sartej Singh Narula
13. Manish Jain
14. Sukhjinder Singh Behl
15. Sukant Gupta
16. Inder Pal Singh Doabia
17. Vikas Singh
18. Adarsh Kumar Jain
19. Gurpreet Singh
20. Kamal Sehgal
21. Yogesh Putney
22. Ashu Mohan Punchhi
23. Sanjiv Gupta
24. Jasdeep Singh Gill
25. Deepender Singh
26. Mansur Ali
27. Sunil Kumar Singh Panwar
28. Raj Kumar (R.K. Arora)
29. Lokesh Sinhal
30. Mandeep Singh Sachdev
31. Arvind Moudgil
32. Satwant Singh Rangi
33. Ashwani Kumar Talwar
34. Vikas Chatrath
35. Pardeep Singh (Poonia)
36. Hemant Bassi
37. Pawan Girdhar
38. Gautam Dutt
39. Amardeep Singh (ADS Sukhija)
40. Premjit Singh (Hundal)
41. Anurag Goyal
42. Sant Pal Singh Sidhu
43. Promila Nain
44. Vipin Mahajan
45. Gurbinder Singh Dhillon @ G.B.S. Dhillon
46. Monica Chhibber
47. Sarju Puri
48. Karambir Singh Nalwa
49. Aman Bahri
50. Puja Sharma (Puja Chopra)
51. Salil Dev Singh Bali
52. Sunish Bindlish
53. Pankaj
54. Parminder Singh Shekhon
55. Navdeep Singh
56. Rajeev Anand
57. Sandeep Goyal
58. Ankur Mittal
59. Ravinder Singh Randhawa
60. Gaurav Mohunta
61. Jasdev Singh Mehndiratta
62. Pradeep Virk
63. Kunal Dawar
64. Rahul Sharma
65. Dheeraj Jain
66. Divya Sharma
67. Ravinder Malik @ Ravinder Malik (Ravi)
68. Sarjit Bhadu
69. Sunil Kumar Nehra
70. Chanchal Kumar Singla
71. Maninder Singh
72. Aman Pal
73. Kshitij Sharma
74. Puneet Kaur Sekhon
75. Preet Inder Singh (Ahluwalia)
76. Akshay Kumar Jindal
Chanchal Singla, serving as Additional Advocate General for Punjab, has recently been involved in several high-profile cases representing the Punjab Government. Maninder Singh and Deepender Singh also hold the position of Additional Advocate General in the state.
Lokesh Sinhal is a Senior Additional Advocate General with the Haryana government. Pawan Girdhar and Ankur Mittal are Additional Advocate General of Haryana.
Advocate Dheeraj Jain is a senior panel counsel with the Union of India. He is the son of Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Satya Pal Jain.
Promila Nain is a Senior Panel Counsel for the Union of India.
Sartej Singh Narula is President of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association.
Vikas Chathrath holds expertise in service law and also runs and hosts a Youtube channel 'Beyond Law CLC' where legal experts speak on various topics.
Major Navdeep Singh is a former volunteer reservist in the Indian Territorial Army, recognized for his expertise in military law and advocacy for military personnel's rights.