{"id":6962,"date":"2025-02-08T07:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T01:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/sc-dismisses-petition-challenging-delhi-hcs-senior-designations\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:57:00","slug":"sc-dismisses-petition-challenging-delhi-hcs-senior-designations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/sc-dismisses-petition-challenging-delhi-hcs-senior-designations\/","title":{"rendered":"SC Dismisses Petition Challenging Delhi HC&#8217;s Senior Designations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">On 7th February, 2025, the Supreme Court bench of <strong>Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran,<\/strong> dismissed a petition filed by Advocate Mathews J. Nedumpara, challenging the Delhi High Court&#39;s decision to confer senior designations on 70 advocates.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">The Supreme Court bench in the previous hearing slammed Advocate Nedumpara for alleging nepotism in the designation process and warned him of contempt action if these claims were not removed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">During today&#39;s hearing, Justice Gavai emphasized that <strong>no advocate in the Supreme Court receives preferential treatment just because he has a senior gown. <\/strong>The bench effectively dismissed the petition without any further deliberation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">Justice Gavai also added, <span style=\"font-family:Georgia-BoldItalic\"><strong><em><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">&quot;You better get elected to Parliament and get this(provision in the Advocates Act regarding senior advocates) removed&#8230;,&rdquo; <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"> to which Advocate Nedumpara responded, <\/span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia-BoldItalic\"><strong><em><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"> &quot;I will pursue this,&quot;<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">Last week, the Supreme Court dismissed another petition challenging the Delhi High Court&#39;s senior designations. In 2023, the Court had also rejected Advocate Nedumpara&#39;s earlier petition challenging the constitutionality of Section 16 of the Advocates Act, which governs the classification of Senior Advocates, and Section 23(5), which grants Senior Advocates the right to pre-audience.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <hr \/>\n \n <p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><strong>Case Title:<\/strong> Shri Mathews J. Nedumpara And Ors. Versus The Full Court Of The Honble Judges Of The High Court Of Delhi And Ors., Diary No. 60205-2024<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <hr \/>\n \n <p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\">Source News<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 7th February, 2025, the Supreme Court bench of Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran, dismissed a petition filed by Advocate Mathews J. 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