The Gauhati High Court on Thursday appointed fifteen lawyers as Senior Advocates and Advocate Bornali Bhuyan is the only woman conferred the senior designation.
The decision was taken by High Court in the exercise of its powers conferred under Section 16(2) of the Advocates Act read with Rule 3(1) of the Gauhati High Court (Designation of Senior Advocates) Rules, 2018.
The following lawyers have been conferred the gown by the Gauhati High Court:
1. Kaushik Goswami
2. Manabendra Nath
3. Satyen Sarma
4. Pronab Jyoti Saikia
5. Bhaskar Dutta
6. Bornali Bhuyan
7. Pradip Sen Deka
8. Jyotirmoy Roy
9. Biswajyoti Talukdar
10. Moinul Hoque Choudhury
11. Prasanta Kumar Roy
12. Parthiv Kumar Goswami
13. Randeep Sharma
14. Surajit Dutta
15. Pran Bora
Pertinently, Bhuyan is the only woman designated along with 14 men.
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