The Chandigarh administration has redesignated its law officers in Punjab & Haryana High Court. The Additional Govt pleaders will now be called Additional Standing Counsels.
An official said that ‘additional pleader’ was “quite an obsolete term” & that was why change had been effected. However, redesignation didn't bring any change in the remunerations.
The Official added that “Their remunerations were revised in April. They now get ₹22,000 per case, which will remain unchanged".
There are at least 35 lawyers who will be redesignated. UT’s law officers in HC are headed by a Senior Standing Counsel. These days, the panel is headed by Pankaj Jain.
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