The Punjab and Haryana High Court has designated 76 advocates as senior advocates, effective from October 16, 2025, under Section 16(2) of the Advocates Act, 1961. The notification, issued on October 20, marks the first such designations since 2021 and follows a rigorous selection process that saw 210 applications submitted in 2024.

The process had been delayed due to pending litigation on senior advocate designations before the Supreme Court, but a committee eventually cleared 64 candidates following interactions, with the full court approving an additional 12. The move takes the total number of senior advocates at the high court to over 300.

Among the newly designated senior advocates are prominent legal figures such as Navdeep Singh, a leading expert in military law and a former Terri

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