SC starts hearing on 2017 verdict on guidelines for sr advocate designation

The Supreme Court on Wednesday commenced hearing arguments on whether its 2017 verdict laying down guidelines for itself and high courts governing the exercise of designating lawyers as senior advocates require any tweaking.

As soon as the hearing commenced before a bench headed by Justice S K Kaul, a lawyer told the court that a separate petition has been filed against the designation of lawyers as senior advocates and that plea should also be heard simultaneously.

Advocate Mathews J Nedumpara told the bench that Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud had on Tuesday said the petition will be listed for March 20.

"As and when the matter will come up, if it is listed before us, we will hear it," the bench, also comprising Justices A Amanullah and Aravind Kumar, said, adding the plea was not listed for hearing before it on Wednesday.

Nedumpara said the petition has sought abolition of the practice of designating lawyers a 'Senior Advocates'.

He alleged that majority of the senior advocates a