*"No application of mind by Full Court:" Plea in Supreme Court challenges designation of 19 Senior Advocates by Punjab & Haryana High Court* A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the May 28, 2021, notification of the Punjab & Haryana High Court designating 19 lawyers (including 2 women advocates) as Senior Advocates. The decision by the High Court was taken at a Full Court meeting, in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 16(2) of the Advocates Act 1961. The plea in Supreme Court filed through advocate Malak Manish Bhatt stated that the High Court violated the mandatory and binding directions of the Supreme Court and Rules 9 to 11 of the Rules framed by the High Court pursuant to the Indira Jaising case. It is claimed that the final lists or recommendations were drawn illegally and not as per the marks/ranking and relative merit. The plea said that the entire result of 112 candidates was never placed before the Full Court for approval and thus claims that the "Full Court wrongly and illegally voted thereon." It was submitted that 113 applications for Senior Advocate designation were received. However, it was "all of a sudden on May 19, 2021 that all the applicants" were surprisingly called physically to High Court premises [not minding curfew and lockdowns]."