CJI Gavai Bans Senior Advocates From Mentioning Cases In Supreme Court From August 11: “Let Juniors Get An Opportunity”
From August 11, senior advocates will no longer be allowed to mention matters in the Supreme Court, as per Chief Justice of India BR Gavai’s directive. The move is intended to give junior lawyers more opportunities.
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India decided that from August 11, senior advocates will not be allowed to mention cases before the court. This direction was given by Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai on Wednesdayduring a court session.
The Bench hearing the matter included BR GAVAI, Justice Vinod Chandranand Justice NV Anjaria.
While speaking during the session, BR GAVAI openly stated:
“There’s been a strong demand that senior advocates should not be allowed to mention matters.”
This means that only junior advocates or advocates-on-record will be allowed to bring urgent matters to the court’s attention, a common practice called “mentioning”.
Mentioning is usually done to request urgent hearings or priority listings for cases.
To make this decision official, CJI Gavai instructed the court master to take immediate steps.
He said:
“Notice nikaal dena (put out a notice) ‘no mentioning to be allowed by senior counsel’. From Monday no designated senior counsel will be allowed to mention matters. Let the juniors get an opportunity to do it.”
This new rule was announced when Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi tried to mention a matter before the bench.
At that point, the Chief Justice reiterated the growing call for change in the system:
“There is a great demand (for senior counsel) that no matters should be mentioned by senior counsel.”
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