The Himachal Pradesh High Court has designated 15 advocates as Senior Advocates with immediate effect in exercise of its powers under Section 16(2) of the Advocates Act, 1961, read with Rule 4 of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh (Designation of Senior Advocates) Rules, 2025.
The notification, issued by the High Court on July 10, 2026, states that the designations have been approved by the High Court and will take effect immediately. The advocates designated as Senior Advocates are:
- Ajay Chandel
- Akhil Sain Chopra
- Arvind Sharma
- Deepak Gupta
- Desh Raj
- Karan Singh Kanwar
- Manoj Pathak
- Onkar Nath Jairath
- Rahul Gupta
- Ram Murti Bisht
- Shubh Mahajan
- Sumeet Raj Sharma
- Surender Kumar Sharma
- Vikas Rathore
- Vikrant Thakur