June 15, 2018:

Karnataka HC has notified High Court of Karnataka (Designation of Senior Advocates Rules, 2018). High Court's move comes after Supreme Court laid down the Guidelines for Appointment of Senior Advocates.

Supreme Court had laid down the Guidelines in a Petition filed by Senior Advocate Indira Jaising.Lawyers who appear in Courts subordinate to Karnataka High Court may also apply for designation.

Only prerequisite is the 10 years’ experience and having argued in some of the reported cases involving important Questions of Law.

The Designation of an Advocate as a Senior Advocate can be initiated either by a proposal signed by Chief Justice of High Court, Advocate General and Two Senior Advocates, or by an Application made by Advocate concerned.

The Rule establish a Permanent Committee for the Designation of the Senior Advocates to oversee the process.

Permanent Committee will comprise of Chief Justice of the HC, Two Senior-most Sitting Judges of High Court, Advocate General, and a member of Bar nominated by other members.

Rules provide for a Secretariat to vet the applications and the proposals submitted by Advocates seeking the designation.

Composition of this Secretariat shall be decided by Chief Justice of the High Court, in consultation with other members of the Committee.

Rules provide for an interview of Applicant before Permanent Committee, which will be required to make its assessment according to a Point-based Format.

It provide that 20 points are reserved for experience (10 points for 10-20 years of practice, 20 points for practice beyond 20 years).

40 points are for appearing in the cases resulting in the judgments which indicate legal formulations advanced by Advocate, Pro-Bono work, domain expertise, etc. 15 points are reserved for the publications, and 25 points for the suitability on basis of the interview.

Names of the applicants along with their assessment scores will then be sent to Full Court.

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