Punjab & Haryana High Court Designates 76 Lawyers As Senior Advocates

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.