MUMBAI: Senior advocate Indira Jaising on Tuesday sent a letter to Bombay high court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta asking to re-consider the system of having two senior counsel "endorse" an application from a lawyer to be designated and deserving of a "senior gown".
“There are deserving people especially belonging to marginalised communities who would not get designated merely because they are not a part of the traditional old boys’ club of designated seniors,'' said Jaising who had earlier petitioned the apex court over the senior designation system. She wrote," It is well known that such networks have thrived in the legal profession and the designation of a woman or a person belonging to a minority is still a rarity."
