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Advocate-on-record (AoR) 2024

February 6 , 2024 297 days 488 0
  • The Supreme Court has designated 56 lawyers and advocate-on-record (AoR) as senior advocates.
  • These 56 includes the 11 women and 34 first-generation lawyers.
  • The Supreme Court had until now given Senior Advocate status to only 14 women - including two retired judges.
  • Besides this, the top court also gets 198 new AoRs.
  • According to the rules framed by the Supreme Court under Article 145 of the Constitution, only advocates designated as advocate-on-record can file cases in the top court.
  • Supreme Court conducts AoR examinations twice a year.
  • The first female lawyer to be made a Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court was Justice Indu Malhotra.

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