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.