HC recasts panel to designate lawyers as ‘senior’

Legal Correspondent

Shimla, January 21

To streamline and bring in transparency in the process of designating advocates as “senior”, Chief Justice L. Narayana Swami has reconstituted a five-member committee headed by him.

All matters relating to the designation of senior advocates in the HP High Court will be dealt with by a permanent committee to be known as the “Committee for Designation of Senior Advocates”.

Besides the Chief Justice, this committee comprises two senior-most judges of the High Court, namely Justice Ravi Malimath, and Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan, the Advocate General and senior advocate GD Verma as members.

The Chief Justice has also constituted 13 other committees comprising High Court Judges. These committees are the Administrative Committee comprising Chief Justice L. Narayana Swami, Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan; Disciplinary, Vigilance and Promotion Committee comprising Justice Ravi Malimath, Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Sureshwar Thakur; Juvenile Justice Committee comprising Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Justice Ajay Mohan Goel and Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua; Mediation and Conciliation Committee comprising Justice Sureshwar Thakur, Justice Ajay Mohan Goel and Justice CB Barowalia.

Besides, as per the notification issued in this regard, the Case Management and Arrear Committee comprising Justice Vivek Singh Thakur and Justice Sandeep Sharma; Computer and e-court Committee comprising Justice Ravi Malimath, Justice Sandeep Sharma and Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua; and Finance Committee comprising Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Justice Anoop Chitkara and Justice CB Barowalia; and the Protocol Committee comprising Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Sandeep Sharma.

To redress the grievances of the staff of the Judiciary, a Grievance Committee comprising Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Justice CB Barowalia and Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua has also been constituted. Besides, the Rule Committee, Library Committee, Building and Infrastructure Committee, Recruitment Committee and the Litigation Committee have been constituted.