The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition contesting the Delhi High Court’s decision to grant Senior Advocate status to 70 lawyers. A Division Bench comprising BR Gavai and K. Vinod Chandran rejected the argument that this classification violated constitutional equality, emphasizing that the designation does not influence how cases are treated in court.
“We don’t see that anybody gets better treatment in this Court because he has a different gown,” the Bench remarked, reinforcing that the title carries no special privileges in proceedings.
