Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 918 · Decided 16 October 2023
Mathews J. Nedumpara & ORS. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 918 · [2023] 13 S.C.R. 1181
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 320/2023
- Decided
- 16 October 2023
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, C.T. RAVIKUMAR, SUDHANSHU DHULIA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21, 14, 19, 32
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: Designation of Advocates as Senior Advocates u/ss.16 and 23(5), Advocates Act, 1961 as well as u/Or. IV, r.2, Supreme Court Rules, 2013, if unconstitutional being violative of the mandate of equality u/Artilce 14 and Right to Practice any Profession u/ Article Right to Life u/Article 21 of the Constitution of India, as claimed. Advocates Act, 1961 - ss.16, 23(5) - Challenge to - Plea of the petitioners inter alia that designation of senior Advocates has created a class of Advocates with special rights, privileges and status and the
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