NEWDELHI: The Supreme Court has said it was open for correcting the system for designating lawyers as senior advocates while refusing to entertain a petition challenging 16 such designations.
Earlier, the apex court had agreed to hear a petition challenging senior designations of advocates made by Meghalaya High Court.
“You withdraw this petition. We will allow you to intervene in the similar matter pending before this court,” a bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur said referring to the petition filed by former Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Indira Jaising in which she has questioned the mechanism of designating lawyers as senior advocates by the Supreme Court. “We are open to correcting the system, challenging earlier designations would not reflect well on the Bar,” the bench, also comprising Justice U U Lalit, said. The CJI said that instead, lawyers should place “some confidence” in the “collective wisdom” of the bench. “You must finally concede to the collective wisdom. (Contd on P-10)
